The 90.9% shooting was the highest field-goal percentage by any team in a quarter this season and the highest percentage in a first quarter by any team since Dallas shot 94% in a 2014 game against Utah.
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In addition to their hot shooting, the Pelicans played suffocating defense against the highest-scoring team in the NBA, holding the Pacers to 42.6% shooting and 21 points below their 123-point-per-game average.
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“The Pelicans put up historic numbers, and we did not get a defensive rebound (in the first quarter). I have not heard of that happening.”--Indiana head man Rick Carlisle. (AP for ESPN)