⏱️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
-3Q123-26
+5Q227-20
-1Q328-31
-8Q422-31
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 25 from three- Could not get to the line, five free throws to their nineteen
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
15Free throws made3
20%Three-point accuracy50%
13Offensive rebounds6
8Turnovers15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 7:11 · LAC 87-98 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 3 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 31 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
