⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their eleven- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the second quarter
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 cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q3 0:46 · NO 65-87 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
CJ McCollum misses technical free throw
Q4 11:28 · NO 63-87 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q2 6:02 · NO 40-48 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 10:15 · NO 51-71 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 5:57 · NO 53-79 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 21 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 38 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
