⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
+10Q127-18
-2Q214-16
+6Q326-21
0Q427-28
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of fourteen from three- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
42%Three-point accuracy7%
5Threes made1
8Offensive rebounds17
10Points off turnovers19
🏀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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 6:39 · NO 18-8 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Desmond Mason misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:59 · NO 84-76 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
