⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three
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 9-point lead to 18
Q1 3:10 · NO 35-17 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q2 7:24 · NO 50-28 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:07 · NO 94-78 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 3:12 · NO 81-72 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:27 · NO 72-56 MEM
📊The numbers
| NO | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
