⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 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
▲ LAC 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 Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 36-9 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26 in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 5:17 · LAC 28-12 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 4:55 · LAC 98-86 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q4 8:13 · LAC 127-101 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 9:29 · LAC 52-43 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:06 · LAC 76-73 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 3:40 · LAC 127-110 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 36 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
