⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Clippers 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q2 4:45 · LAC 36-37 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Corey Maggette technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:25 · LAC 52-64 NO
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:39 · LAC 78-94 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 2:31 · LAC 16-29 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 9:22 · LAC 47-54 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
