⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 27 from three- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 0:45 · NO 32-24 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 1:40 · NO 59-41 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Herbert Jones traveling
Q4 4:55 · NO 97-92 DAL
- Missed FT
Dyson Daniels misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:13 · NO 113-106 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q4 6:24 · NO 97-94 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:51 · NO 14-20 DAL
📊The numbers
| NO | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
