⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35- A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up
Q3 6:12 · MEM 66-80 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 9:29 · MEM 70-93 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
