⏱️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 and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 24- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 1:43 · NO 27-14 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q3 9:19 · NO 64-37 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
