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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 35 | 42 | 23 | 35 | 135 |
 Pelicans | 25 | 32 | 45 | 30 | 132 |
SASTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 49-9850.0% | 17-3647.2% | 20-2580.0% | 43 | 29 | 13 |
| NOP | 51-8858.0% | 7-2626.9% | 23-2688.5% | 33 | 35 | 9 |
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San Antonio Spurs135| 35 | 24 | 9-15 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −17 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.8 | |||||
| 27 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.5 | ||||
| 26 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 23 | 18 | 5-15 | 1-2 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 17 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +7.3 | |||||
| 26 | 22, Career high (his best before, 20) | 10-16 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +4.0 | ||||
| 17 | 12 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +4.0 | |||||
| 15 | 11 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +16 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.9 | |||
| Team | 135 | 49-9850.0% | 17-3647.2% | 43 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 20-2580.0% | 12 | 5 | 0 | |||
Bench 68 points on 27 for 46 shooting
Did not play: Lindy Waters III and Bismack Biyombo (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans132| 38 | 32 | 13-21 | 2-6 | 4-5 | 0 | +12 | +9.5 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 7-11 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +19 | +2.1 | |||||
| 33 | 33, Career high (his best before, 30) | 11-15 | 0-1 | 11-13 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +14.7 | ||||||
| 26 | 17 | 6-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 5-5 | +14 | +10.5 | |||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −4.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −1.6 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −4.9 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.8 | |||
| 7 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | +1.6 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.9 | ||
| Team | 132 | 51-8858.0% | 7-2626.9% | 33 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 23-2688.5% | 4 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 28 points on 12 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Kevon Looney, DeAndre Jordan and Trey Alexander (coach’s decision).
Spurs135Pelicans132ClickTap 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.
Dylan Harper made a driving layup with 9.1 seconds left, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Pelicans 135-132.
Derik Queen’s driving layup had put the Pelicans ahead 132-131 with 30 seconds left.
The Pelicans had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Saddiq Bey missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 8. Trey Murphy III scored 6 of the Pelicans’ 8 on 2 for 2 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line.
Harrison Barnes scored 24 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) on 9 for 15 shooting. Harper added a career-high 22 points and 6 assists off the bench, and Julian Champagnie scored 17 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench. The Spurs had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Pelicans, Queen had a career-high 33 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 blocks on 11 for 15 shooting, his first career triple-double, and Murphy added 32 points on 13 for 21 shooting. Herbert Jones had 17 points (10 in the paint) and 4 steals. The Pelicans had 2 30-point scorers.
The Pelicans got 4 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Spurs outscored the Pelicans 68-28 off the bench. The Spurs outscored the Pelicans 19-4 in 5 minutes with Olynyk, Fox, Johnson, Champagnie and Bryant on the floor together.
San Antonio SpursNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
115 points from the field on 98 shots: 2.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-42 | 61.9% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-16 | 31.3% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 1-4 | 25.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-9 | 55.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-27 | 44.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddiq Bey | 21 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Trey Murphy III | 17 | 5 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Derik Queen | 10 | 4 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Herbert Jones | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 8 | 2-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Alvarado | 14 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Bryce McGowens | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Jeremiah Fears | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Saddiq Bey | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 11 | 5-9 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Fears | 12 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Trey Murphy III | 11 | 1 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Bryce McGowens | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Saddiq Bey | 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 13 | 3-7 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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.
Score margin over time — positive = NOP leads, negative = SAS leads
NOP Largest Lead
4
Q4 11:29
SAS Largest Lead
25
Q2 3:48
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
SAS 9-0 run
Q1 0:01 – Q2 11:09
-7 → -16
NOP 13-0 run
Q2 0:29 – Q3 9:35
-22 → -9
SAS 8-0 run
Q4 8:55 – Q4 7:44
+2 → -6
