⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 9
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 8:19 · SAC 48-37 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ron Artest offensive foul (David West draws the foul)
Q4 2:21 · SAC 114-116 NO
- Turnover
Ron Artest turnover
Q4 2:21 · SAC 114-116 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q1 4:26 · SAC 27-21 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 1:54 · SAC 61-63 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 5:58 · SAC 114-119 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
