⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 7:58 · NO 90-96 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jonas Valanciunas flagrant foul type 2
Q2 8:03 · NO 40-39 WSH
- Turnover
Brandon Ingram lost ball turnover
Q4 3:44 · NO 94-100 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Taj Gibson misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 8:03 · NO 40-39 WSH
📊The numbers
| NO | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
