⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 30-10 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:29 · NO 10-2 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q1 4:15 · NO 31-11 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 42
Q4 8:42 · NO 120-78 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 36 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
