⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 49 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 5:11 · LAL 23-21 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 8:53 · LAL 95-80 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sasha Vujacic misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:05 · LAL 104-94 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Speedy Claxton flagrant foul type 2 (Sasha Vujacic draws the foul)
Q4 0:05 · LAL 104-94 NO
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
