⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
- Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their nine
- Won the second chances, nine offensive rebounds to two
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 10:22 · LAL 32-36 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 5:03 · LAL 72-76 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
