⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
- Lost the glass, 14 rebounds to 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q2 1:31 · NO 47-54 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses technical free throw
Q2 1:43 · NO 36-54 LAL
- Technical
Chris Paul double technical foul
Q3 3:24 · NO 62-80 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 8:06 · NO 28-45 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 12 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
