⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 42 from three
- A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 52
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 7 down to 3 up
Q2 11:23 · NO 32-29 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 2:45 · NO 56-48 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 4:05 · NO 81-73 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up
Q2 1:02 · NO 56-61 BKN
- Winner
Cam Thomas hit a 25-foot three step back jumper
Q4 0:32 · NO 105-106 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cam Thomas bad pass
Q4 2:45 · NO 105-101 BKN
- Missed FT
Cam Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · NO 105-106 BKN
- Turnover
Cam Thomas lost ball turnover
Q4 0:02 · NO 105-107 BKN
📊The numbers
| NO | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 19 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
