⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 0:57 · NO 30-20 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 9:26 · NO 38-22 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 5:11 · NO 46-26 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
