⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 70 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 40
- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 19-9 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 7:09 · NO 56-41 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q2 2:25 · NO 73-48 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 38
Q3 4:49 · NO 93-55 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 25 | Assists | 13 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
