⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of eighteen from three- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 17-9 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 3:06 · NO 89-87 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- Winner
Jamaal Magloire hit a layup, Andrew Bogut with the assist
Q4 0:07 · NO 92-93 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Redd traveling
Q4 4:09 · NO 86-87 MIL
- Missed FT
Jamaal Magloire misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · NO 92-93 MIL
- Missed FT
Jamaal Magloire misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:07 · NO 92-95 MIL
📊The numbers
| NO | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
