⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of sixteen from three
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
Gerald Henderson traveling
Q4 3:39 · CHA 61-66 NO
- Missed FT
Gerald Henderson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:24 · CHA 62-66 NO
- Missed FT
Gerald Henderson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · CHA 65-69 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Greivis Vasquez bad pass
Q4 4:48 · CHA 59-64 NO
- Missed FT
Marco Belinelli misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:34 · CHA 64-69 NO
📊The numbers
| CHA | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 1 | Threes made | 1 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
