⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 24-14 off them
- Made ten threes to their sixteen
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:50 · NO 10-8 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 8:11 · NO 80-69 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 9:02 · NO 103-88 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 8:42 · NO 42-47 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
