⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 8:49 · NO 43-27 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Greivis Vasquez turnover
Q4 3:13 · NO 86-89 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:55 · NO 50-34 SAC
- Turnover
Tyreke Evans lost ball
Q4 3:59 · NO 84-86 SAC
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · NO 90-98 SAC
📊The numbers
| NO | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
