⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32
- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 54
- A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 7:04 · MEM 19-12 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brandon Clarke flagrant foul type 1
Q3 0:51 · MEM 81-94 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q2 6:27 · MEM 48-51 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 6:00 · MEM 104-131 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 1:21 · MEM 110-144 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
JJ Redick misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q3 0:51 · MEM 81-95 NO
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 62% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 33 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 14 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
