⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 18 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
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 19-4 off them- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 46
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:09 · NO 36-37 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Devonte' Graham technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:56 · NO 36-37 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 9:56 · NO 36-46 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 7:42 · NO 65-77 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
