⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine
- Beaten inside, 56 points in the paint to 74
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:36 · LAL 8-2 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 6:51 · LAL 54-43 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 7:17 · LAL 90-72 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jarred Vanderbilt and Bruce Brown
Q3 2:39 · LAL 96-76 NO
- Missed FT
Dalton Knecht misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q3 2:39 · LAL 97-76 NO
- Technical
Trey Jemison III technical foul
Q3 2:29 · LAL 97-76 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 11:01 · LAL 39-35 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Bruce Brown flagrant foul type 1
Q3 2:39 · LAL 96-76 NO
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 19 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 29 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
