⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 19-9 off them
Key battles
14Turnovers6
19Points off turnovers9
6Fast break points13
7Blocks3
🏀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 6:40 · NO 16-12 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 2:49 · NO 59-48 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:25 · NO 2-8 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 10:26 · NO 96-83 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 7:53 · NO 97-91 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
