⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter- Made nine threes to their fifteen
- They shot well above their usual, fifteen of 24 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Ties it
Rudy Gay hit a 28-foot three jumper, Damon Stoudamire with the assist
Q4 0:01 · MEM 114-114 NO
- Lead
Mike Miller hit a driving layup
OT 4:48 · MEM 116-114 NO
- Lead
Pau Gasol hit a 4-foot running jumper
OT 3:29 · MEM 118-116 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay lost ball
Q4 3:34 · MEM 100-99 NO
- Turnover
Juan Carlos Navarro lost ball
Q4 0:55 · MEM 103-104 NO
- Turnover
Rudy Gay traveling
OT 2:51 · MEM 118-118 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 6:13 · MEM 15-29 NO
- Ties it
David West hit a 13-foot two point shot
OT 3:54 · MEM 116-116 NO
- Winner
David West hit a 15-foot jumper
OT 0:08 · MEM 118-120 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David West misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:18 · MEM 100-100 NO
- Turnover
Chris Paul offensive foul (Juan Carlos Navarro draws the foul)
Q4 1:50 · MEM 100-102 NO
- Turnover
Chris Paul turnover
Q4 1:50 · MEM 100-102 NO
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
