⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 21-3 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:13 · CHA 75-76 NO
- Turnover
Tyrus Thomas bad pass
Q4 3:31 · CHA 75-78 NO
- Turnover
Tyrus Thomas turnover
Q4 2:38 · CHA 77-81 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:20 · CHA 18-23 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
