⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Knicks 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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 4:33 · NY 24-22 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 0:56 · NY 51-49 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q4 1:46 · NY 88-100 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David West misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:21 · NY 88-90 NO
- Missed FT
David West misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:21 · NY 88-90 NO
📊The numbers
| NY | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 76 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
