⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 35-14 off them- A 23-0 run took them from 8 down to 15 up in the second quarter
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
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run took them from 8 down to 15 up
Q2 4:07 · NO 60-45 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 0:27 · NO 86-70 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 8:49 · NO 98-78 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
James Posey flagrant foul type 1 (Rodrigue Beaubois draws the foul)
Q4 0:00 · NO 115-97 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:17 · NO 3-10 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 7:15 · NO 5-19 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
