⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
-6Q119-26
+9Q228-22
-7Q320-26
-18Q425-41
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 34 from three
Key battles
30%Three-point accuracy53%
11Points off turnovers19
11Fast break points6
37%Shooting from the field51%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 10:38 · NY 47-58 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 18 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
