⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
-8Q122-29
-2Q220-24
-9Q320-32
-3Q415-18
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33
Key battles
1Blocks6
2Threes made7
17Assists26
11Free throws made16
🏀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
- Technical
Desmond Mason technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q3 6:48 · NO 53-68 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:45 · NO 0-8 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
