⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
+3Q123-21
-5Q223-28
+10Q334-23
+3Q428-26
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 24-14 off them
Key battles
14Points off turnovers24
46%Three-point accuracy30%
16Turnovers10
8Steals13
🏀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 3 down to 5 up
Q3 11:22 · NO 54-49 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler double technical foul
Q3 6:58 · NO 62-56 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 79 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
