⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 2:54 · SAC 91-95 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Trey Lyles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:30 · SAC 45-53 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 3:23 · SAC 32-25 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 0:37 · SAC 36-39 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 5:21 · SAC 105-120 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
