⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their three
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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 11:19 · NO 28-30 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 6:22 · NO 12-19 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 2:25 · NO 43-60 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 7:07 · NO 54-76 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 75% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 11 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
