⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:11 · NO 35-23 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 5:31 · NO 63-45 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q4 2:59 · NO 129-107 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 33 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
