⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 27
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 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 1:38 · NO 103-119 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 0:31 · NO 22-28 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 3:40 · NO 95-119 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 35 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
