⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 25-12 off them
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
- Turnover
Brandon Ingram lost ball turnover
Q4 2:28 · NO 106-107 SAC
- Turnover
Willy Hernangomez turnover
Q4 1:52 · NO 107-111 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- Steal
Harrison Barnes stole it from Brandon Ingram
Q4 2:28 · NO 106-107 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Marvin Bagley III technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:00 · NO 30-30 SAC
- Missed FT
Buddy Hield misses technical free throw
Q3 5:56 · NO 76-74 SAC
- Turnover
Richaun Holmes out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:04 · NO 106-105 SAC
📊The numbers
| NO | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
