⏱️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 first quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, 33 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30
- Made two threes to their eleven
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
Speedy Claxton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:42 · NO 98-92 OKC
- Missed FT
Desmond Mason misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:26 · NO 100-96 OKC
- Turnover
P.J. Brown bad pass
Q4 1:12 · NO 100-98 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q4 8:27 · NO 91-84 OKC
- Turnover
Nick Collison traveling
Q4 1:22 · NO 100-98 OKC
- Missed FT
Robert Swift misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:58 · NO 100-98 OKC
📊The numbers
| NO | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 7 |
