⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 10:33 · MEM 9-4 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 4:03 · MEM 64-82 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 4:16 · MEM 90-110 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
David West technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:30 · MEM 46-52 NO
- Missed FT
Peja Stojakovic misses technical free throw
Q3 5:54 · MEM 59-69 NO
- Technical
technical foul
Q4 2:54 · MEM 93-110 NO
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
