⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- They went cold, two of eleven from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 8:26 · SA 101-88 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:44 · SA 0-8 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
