⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 32-15 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 9
Key battles
5Steals16
9Fast break points24
1Blocks5
32Points off turnovers15
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q3 1:33 · NO 84-107 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 7:38 · NO 90-120 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 16 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
