⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first 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 Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 34-10 off them
Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 1:58 · NO 27-21 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Jackson lost ball
Q4 1:51 · NO 109-103 LAC
- Missed FT
Rasual Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:27 · NO 113-108 LAC
- Missed FT
Rasual Butler misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:27 · NO 113-108 LAC

Clippers
Good plays
- Steal
Corey Maggette stole it from Marc Jackson
Q4 1:51 · NO 109-103 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:23 · NO 30-23 LAC
- Turnover
Elton Brand lost ball
Q4 3:49 · NO 106-98 LAC
- Turnover
Sam Cassell turnover
Q4 0:16 · NO 115-108 LAC
📊The numbers
| NO | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |









