⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 38
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 3:01 · NO 72-68 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q4 10:03 · NO 86-74 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
David West misses technical free throw
Q2 10:33 · NO 19-26 DAL
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:35 · NO 56-62 DAL
- Technical
David West double technical foul
Q4 1:53 · NO 96-84 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 3:10 · NO 13-24 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
