⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their eight
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 20-5 off them
- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q3 6:18 · LAL 82-70 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q4 10:32 · LAL 96-79 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q4 6:24 · LAL 108-83 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 3:15 · LAL 14-28 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 1:35 · LAL 112-95 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Steven Adams and LeBron James
Q2 6:24 · LAL 30-45 NO
- Technical
Brandon Ingram technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:22 · LAL 108-85 NO
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
