⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers 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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 4:20 · LAL 24-16 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 1:23 · LAL 32-20 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q2 9:06 · LAL 48-24 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Smush Parker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · LAL 94-63 NO
- Technical
Smush Parker technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · LAL 94-63 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 24
Q4 4:05 · LAL 110-86 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 1:51 · LAL 112-95 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Desmond Mason flagrant foul type 1 (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)
Q3 3:06 · LAL 85-53 NO
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
