⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 24- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Quincy Pondexter (1) and Matt Barnes (2)
Q4 0:43 · NO 82-99 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 8:02 · NO 29-46 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:43 · NO 82-99 LAL
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
