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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 24 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 115 |
 Jazz | 33 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 112 |
NOPTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 46-9647.9% | 9-2045.0% | 14-1877.8% | 44 | 24 | 8 |
| UTA | 43-9246.7% | 14-3836.8% | 12-1485.7% | 47 | 35 | 18 |
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New Orleans Pelicans115| 39 | 30 | 10-23 | 0-2 | 0 | 10-12 | +17 | +7.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 7 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +7 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +9 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| 32 | 30 | 12-23 | 4-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +7.8 | |||||
| 22 | 15 | 7-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | −1 | +9.4 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.4 | |||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −5.1 | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −4.5 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −1.4 | ||||||
| Team | 115 | 46-9647.9% | 9-2045.0% | 44 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 14-1877.8% | 12 | 12 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 10 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Stanley Johnson, Jason Smith, Solomon Hill and Ian Clark (coach’s decision).
Utah Jazz112| 35 | 19 | 8-24 | 1-9 | 2-2 | 0 | −7 | −9.2 | |||||||
| 34 | 19 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −8 | +9.5 | |||||
| 34 | 8 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.1 | |||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-8 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | −5 | −2.2 | |||||||
| 24 | 16 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | +9 | +0.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 20 | 8-13 | 4-7 | 0 | 0-0 | −9 | +7.1 | |||||||
| 29 | 20 | 7-14 | 5-11 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.6 | ||||
| 20 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −2.1 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1.6 | ||
| Team | 112 | 43-9246.7% | 14-3836.8% | 47 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 12-1485.7% | 13 | 3 | 6 | |||
Bench 47 points on 18 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Grayson Allen, Georges Niang and Ekpe Udoh (coach’s decision).
Pelicans115Jazz112ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jrue Holiday scored 30 points, and the New Orleans Pelicans rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 115-112.
The Pelicans trailed 58-41 with 3:41 left in the second quarter. They were still down 98-84 with 9:28 left in the fourth quarter, with a 3% chance to win, and outscored the Jazz 31-14 the rest of the way.
The Jazz had the ball down 1, but Donovan Mitchell missed a 13-foot jumper with 3.8 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Jazz 14-7. Elfrid Payton scored 4 of the Pelicans’ 14 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Julius Randle had 2 steals, 1 of them during a 10-0 Pelicans run, and the Pelicans scored 3 points off them. With 4:24 left, Payton stole the ball from Mitchell, and his driving layup off it put the Pelicans ahead 106-105.
Randle had 30 points and 8 rebounds, and Anthony Davis added 15 points (10 in the paint), 11 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks. The Pelicans had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Jazz, Jae Crowder scored 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench, and Mitchell went 1 for 9 from 3. Kyle Korver scored 20 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench. Rudy Gobert had 19 points and 19 rebounds on 8 for 11 shooting.
The Jazz forced 8 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Pelicans 47-23 off the bench. The Pelicans outscored the Jazz 16-2 in 4 minutes with Moore, Miller, Payton, Randle and Williams on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansUtah JazzPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Pelicans’ chance bottomed out at 3% (4th quarter, 9:28 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 96 shots: 6.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-27 | 55.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 16-34 | 47.1% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-15 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-2 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-18 | 44.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Favors | 25 | 12 | 5-8 | +4 |
| Jae Crowder | 25 | 2 | 1-5 | −6 |
| Rudy Gobert | 12 | 12 | 4-8 | +8 |
| Joe Ingles | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ingles | 19 | 4 | 2-5 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 17 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Royce O'Neale | 11 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Ricky Rubio | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 17 | 7-12 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gobert | 29 | 11 | 5-9 | 0 |
| Derrick Favors | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 3-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 46 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
UTA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
UTA
Highest Leverage Moments
Payton 2' Layup (10 PTS)
Q4 0:25
40.6%
73→32
Williams 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Payton 6 AST)
Q4 3:35
26.8%
47→21
Mitchell 2' Driving Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 0:44
23.3%
40→64
Miller 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Payton 5 AST)
Q4 4:38
19.2%
77→58
MISS Mitchell 13' Jump Shot
Q4 0:04
17.8%
32→14
