⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 31- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 2:21 · NO 31-27 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 0:30 · NO 40-30 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
