⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 17 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their twenty- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 62
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 9:07 · LAL 17-4 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q1 2:21 · LAL 44-22 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 1:46 · LAL 108-89 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Luka Doncic and Jeremiah Fears
Q3 4:46 · LAL 98-83 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 1 |
