⏱️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
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q4 5:56 · NO 93-83 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Posey misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:00 · NO 91-83 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:48 · NO 56-54 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James traveling
Q4 4:50 · NO 88-83 CLE
📊The numbers
| NO | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
