⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 29 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:05 · NO 22-15 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 3:16 · NO 56-40 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 8:41 · NO 37-31 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:58 · NO 71-65 ATL
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson misses technical free throw
Q3 2:47 · NO 81-67 ATL
📊The numbers
| NO | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 35 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
