⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Hornets 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 took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 2:36 · NO 28-21 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 2:49 · NO 89-73 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Willie Green traveling
Q4 3:15 · NO 79-71 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
