⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
-4Q120-23
-5Q222-28
-7Q314-20
+5Q426-20
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 28 from three
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the second quarter
Key battles
13Fast break points2
4Threes made12
24%Three-point accuracy43%
10Steals5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q2 6:26 · NO 37-36 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
