⏱️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
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 0:57 · NO 33-20 OKC
- Winner
Rasual Butler hit a 26-foot three jumper, Kirk Snyder with the assist
Q4 0:15 · NO 105-102 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 0:42 · NO 109-102 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David West misses technical free throw
Q3 4:09 · NO 67-67 OKC
- Missed FT
Desmond Mason misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:26 · NO 90-93 OKC
- Missed FT
P.J. Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:06 · NO 106-102 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Rashard Lewis hit a 26-foot three jumper, Luke Ridnour with the assist
Q4 1:02 · NO 100-102 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nick Collison bad pass
Q4 1:34 · NO 98-99 OKC
📊The numbers
| NO | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
