⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 13
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 7:14 · GS 64-68 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 4:32 · GS 95-113 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 34 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
