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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 22 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 107 |
 Pelicans | 32 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 103 |
SASTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 39-9242.4% | 7-2626.9% | 22-2588.0% | 49 | 22 | 10 |
| NOP | 40-9044.4% | 10-3231.3% | 13-1968.4% | 42 | 23 | 8 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
San Antonio Spurs107| 40 | 15 | 4-19 | 0-5 | 7-8 | 0 | +10 | −0.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 21 | 9-17 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 34 | 12 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.9 | |||||
| 30 | 12 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 27 | 18 | 5-12 | 3-4 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | +4 | +1.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +2.9 | ||||
| 18 | 10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.5 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.0 | ||
| Team | 107 | 39-9242.4% | 7-2626.9% | 49 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 22-2588.0% | 16 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 29 points on 10 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Lonnie Walker IV and Devin Vassell (injury/illness).
New Orleans Pelicans103| 35 | 32 | 12-25 | 4-10 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +6.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 4 | 2-11 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −14.1 | |||||
| 29 | 18 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 3-5 | 0 | −3 | +5.5 | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-10 | 2-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −22 | −6.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 23, Career high (his best before, 19) | 10-19 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +12 | +6.8 | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −5 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −1.0 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.0 | ||
| Team | 103 | 40-9044.4% | 10-3231.3% | 42 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 13-1968.4% | 12 | 4 | 11 | |||
Bench 38 points on 15 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Garrett Temple, Tyrone Wallace, Gary Clark and Tony Snell (coach’s decision).
Spurs107Pelicans103ClickTap 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.
The San Antonio Spurs went on a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 107-103.
The Pelicans led 92-90 with 8:45 left in the fourth quarter. Jock Landale’s corner 3-pointer put the Spurs ahead for good with 7:53 left. He scored 8 points during the run, and they led 102-92 with 5:52 left.
The Pelicans got within 105-103 on CJ McCollum’s layup with 41 seconds to play. They had the ball down 2, but Jose Alvarado missed a 3-pointer with 4.2 seconds left that would have put them ahead. Keldon Johnson followed with a cutting layup, and the Pelicans got no closer.
Johnson had 21 points and 8 rebounds, and Jakob Poeltl added 12 points (all 12 in the paint), 11 rebounds and 3 blocks. The Spurs had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Pelicans, McCollum scored 32 points, and Alvarado added a career-high 23 points (14 in the paint) off the bench.
The Spurs went 22 for 25 at the line to the Pelicans’ 13 for 19. The Pelicans gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Spurs missed.
San Antonio SpursNew Orleans PelicansPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
85 points from the field on 91 shots: 14.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-37 | 54.1% | 65% |
| In the paint | 7-17 | 41.2% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 2-11 | 18.2% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-15 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxson Hayes | 17 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Herbert Jones | 13 | 4 | 1-2 | 0 |
| CJ McCollum | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jose Alvarado | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 13 | 6-10 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 18 | 6 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Devonte' Graham | 12 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Herbert Jones | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 7 | 2-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 49 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 20 | 4 | 1-5 | −2 |
| Devonte' Graham | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Naji Marshall | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| CJ McCollum | 8 | 4 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 6 | 1-7 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
SAS
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Landale 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
Q4 7:53
20.2%
54→34
Murphy III 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Alvarado 5 AST)
Q4 1:45
16.8%
7→24
McCollum 6' Layup (32 PTS) (Murphy III 2 AST)
Q4 0:41
14.2%
10→24
McCollum 25' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Alvarado 4 AST)
Q3 5:17
13.2%
49→62
Alvarado 1' Cutting Layup Shot (18 PTS) (Valanciunas 6 AST)
Q4 8:45
12.1%
46→58
