⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of eleven from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q3 5:54 · NY 59-70 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 2:53 · NY 67-85 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
