⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Derek Fisher technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:18 · NO 50-57 LAL
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
