⏱️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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 28-15 off them- Made three threes to their eleven
- Went cold from three, three of fourteen
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 42
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 5:07 · LAC 41-39 NO
- Ties it
Eric Gordon hit a 25-foot three jumper, Baron Davis with the assist
Q4 2:19 · LAC 94-94 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:22 · LAC 58-63 NO
- Missed FT
Eric Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:42 · LAC 94-96 NO
- Turnover
Backcourt
Q4 0:00 · LAC 98-104 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 2:13 · LAC 67-78 NO
- Winner
Devin Brown hit a layup, Chris Paul with the assist
Q4 2:01 · LAC 94-96 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 28 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
