⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- Go-ahead
LeBron James hit a driving layup
Q4 0:07 · CLE 99-98 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 1:57 · CLE 44-51 NO
- Turnover
LeBron James offensive foul (Jannero Pargo draws the foul)
Q4 1:46 · CLE 93-96 NO
- Turnover
LeBron James turnover
Q4 1:46 · CLE 93-96 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- Lead
Peja Stojakovic hit a 23-foot three jumper, David West with the assist
Q4 2:47 · CLE 91-94 NO
- Winner
David West hit a 17-foot jumper, Chris Paul with the assist
Q4 0:00 · CLE 99-100 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
