⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
+5Q121-16
-4Q222-27
0Q318-18
-12Q414-27
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of nine from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33
Key battles
7Fast break points0
11%Three-point accuracy30%
10Free throws made21
8Offensive rebounds14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 7:13 · POR 66-75 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 14 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
