⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 32-12 off them- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 48
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damien Wilkins misses technical free throw
Q1 0:56 · OKC 15-25 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 4:52 · OKC 12-22 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 9:06 · OKC 22-37 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q2 5:24 · OKC 24-48 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
