⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, five free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 1:23 · OKC 20-24 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 0:58 · OKC 63-81 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q2 5:30 · OKC 26-45 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 3 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
