⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27 in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 18-8 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 6:37 · NO 24-16 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 5:08 · NO 63-76 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q4 6:29 · NO 78-101 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 3:01 · NO 24-26 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 5:14 · NO 36-47 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q3 1:09 · NO 68-95 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
