⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 25
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 2:05 · MIL 101-119 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 1:36 · MIL 56-69 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q4 9:15 · MIL 84-102 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q4 6:39 · MIL 86-113 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
