⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 53 fast break points to 15- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- Missed FT
Frank Jackson misses technical free throw
Q1 3:40 · NO 19-21 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 0:10 · NO 61-70 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 7:06 · NO 90-111 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 3:21 · NO 99-125 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 53 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 12 |
