⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made two threes to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 0:24 · NO 67-62 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
David West technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 4:41 · NO 56-55 MEM
- Missed FT
Speedy Claxton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · NO 85-79 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:41 · NO 50-50 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 5:26 · NO 56-59 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
