⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 40- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 26-17 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:41 · NO 13-4 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 11:29 · NO 76-57 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 9:57 · NO 121-90 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaxson Hayes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:21 · NO 100-77 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 25
Q4 7:20 · NO 125-100 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q4 1:36 · NO 133-112 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 65% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 38 | Assists | 23 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
