⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 22-5 off them- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 13
- Could not get to the line, 28 free throws to their 39
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler double technical foul
Q3 9:27 · NO 73-56 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
