⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 17 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
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 32
- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 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.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jason Collins and David West
Q2 4:58 · ATL 29-30 NO
- Flagrant
Jason Collins flagrant foul type 2 (David West draws the foul)
Q3 11:11 · ATL 34-51 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 5:33 · ATL 29-37 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q2 0:00 · ATL 34-59 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 36
Q4 11:18 · ATL 45-81 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 29% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 11 | Assists | 26 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
