⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 27 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 9:33 · NY 39-46 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 7:36 · NY 74-85 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 18 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 35 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
