⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth 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 Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 47 free throws to their 27- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 26-10 off them
- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 44
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the second quarter
- Made seven threes to their fourteen
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 dragged them back level
Q2 10:18 · NO 42-42 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q2 8:06 · NO 54-47 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q4 9:00 · NO 121-99 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Herbert Jones technical foul
Q3 10:31 · NO 71-67 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
