⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 39-9 off them
- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 46
- A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:40 · WSH 10-0 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 7:45 · WSH 96-115 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Kuzma technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:31 · WSH 41-44 NO
- Flagrant
Kyle Kuzma flagrant foul type 1
Q4 10:27 · WSH 88-105 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 4:51 · WSH 20-24 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 8:07 · WSH 70-83 NO
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27
Q4 10:54 · WSH 88-115 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 39 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
