⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 34
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q2 10:38 · NO 43-23 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 1:10 · NO 96-87 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 0:01 · NO 105-90 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trey Murphy III bad pass
Q4 1:18 · NO 119-114 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 5:58 · NO 75-77 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q4 8:59 · NO 110-104 LAC
- Steal
Kris Dunn stole it from Trey Murphy III
Q4 1:18 · NO 119-114 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derrick Jones Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:33 · NO 117-113 LAC
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:15 · NO 119-116 LAC
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 0:51 · NO 121-116 LAC
📊The numbers
| NO | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 17 | Threes made | 14 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 34 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
