⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 51
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:36 · NO 27-21 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 1:21 · NO 77-87 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Desmond Mason technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:38 · NO 61-62 LAL
- Turnover
David West traveling
Q4 4:09 · NO 94-100 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 10:17 · NO 34-39 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 9:57 · NO 61-70 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
