⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 4:28 · CHA 10-23 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 1:17 · CHA 31-53 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 8:18 · CHA 43-66 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
