⏱️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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:00 · NO 25-24 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:50 · NO 41-41 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:48 · NO 85-76 WSH
📊The numbers
| NO | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
