⏱️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
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19
Q3 6:07 · NO 74-55 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 11:26 · NO 50-45 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 8:56 · NO 52-53 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 2:15 · NO 74-63 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Sam Cassell flagrant foul type 1 (Chris Paul draws the foul)
Q3 0:22 · NO 76-63 LAC
📊The numbers
| NO | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 3 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
