⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, 43 rebounds to 30
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
- Flagrant
Jason Smith flagrant foul type 1 (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)
Q3 0:02 · NO 57-67 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 11:03 · NO 59-78 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 1:57 · NO 78-98 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |