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Pelicans Blow Chance to Pull Even with OKC
Another night another disappointing loss for the Pelicans against a sub-.500 team from the East. Looking at the stat sheet the Pelicans out shot, out rebounded, and assisted more than the Celtics did, but 18 big turnovers and 10 more FT attempts for Boston led to the Pels falling 98-104. The loss keeps the Pels […]
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Game On: Pels Host Celtics
Lost amid the MVP race, the mounting the number injuries to big name players, game-changing calls, and other national story lines, is the race for the Western Conference Playoffs. Tying into the MVP discussions, Russell Westbrook’s recent statistical performances have overshadowed the fact that the Pelicans, who hold the head-to-head tie-breaker over the Thunder this season, […]
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Davis returns and takes down Pistons
Davis returned, played 42 minutes, and put up 39 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 8 blocked shots. He had 1 turnover, and 1 personal foul. He was phenomenal, was all over the court, was contesting everything, and made Monroe’s life miserable in the post. Better yet, he showed no ill effects to […]
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Game On: Pistons @ Pelicans
The Pistons haven’t played a game since Feb 28th. The Pelicans are smack dab in the middle of a stretch of 12 games in 19 nights. Fortunately, this game is the start of a three-game home stretch, so that should help the Pelicans face a rested team that is also fighting for its playoff life. […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 207: Reserves for the Win
Michael and I talk about this run of good play without the big stars and what it means. Do the Pelicans now have an 11-man deep bench? Should we expect the team to explode as they feed stars back into it? Where does Ajinca, Babbitt, Anderson and Cunningham all fit next to Asik and Davis […]
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Pels Fall Late to Mavericks
It became clear early on that defense would not be the name of this game, as both teams got off to blazing hot starts. For the Mavericks, it was Rajon Rondo, who scored 15 first half points. And for the Pelicans, it was Tyreke, who scored 7 points in his first 6 minutes. Things were […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Mavericks
The red-hot Pelicans travel to Dallas to face a Mavericks team that will be missing two of its key players, Chandler Parsons and Tyson Chandler. The Pelicans are on their longest winning streak of the season (5 games) and they will be tested tonight despite the Mavericks missing key players. Dirk may have played in the All-Star game, […]
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Moleskin Moments: Pelicans Out-Ugly Nuggets for the Win
The Pelicans have been finding ways to win since Jrue Holiday reaggravted his injury, and Anthony Davis and Ryan Anderson both went down against Miami. Winning home games when role players like Luke Babbitt and Alexis Ajinca are having career nights is one thing. Winning on the road when none of those new rotation players […]
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New Orleans Pelicans v. Denver Nuggets
The New Orleans Pelicans are about to play five games in seven nights; and the first game has the makings of being a “trap” game. The Pelicans play the Denver Nuggets at 7 pm tonight. New Orleans goes into Denver having won four straight without Anthony Davis, Ryan Anderson or Jrue Holiday. Meanwhile, the Nuggets […]
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Anatomy of a Win (And Watching a Winner Being Built.)
When the Miami Heat vs. the New Orleans Pelicans was picked to be the ESPN game, I doubt they had yesterday’s game in mind. Anthony Davis and Chris Bosh both being out, and with Dwyane Wade going 4-16 from the field. This all of a sudden didn’t look like a game “where amazing happens.” But […]
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Norris Cole and Quincy Pondexter Have Value That Goes Well Beyond the Numbers
I love numbers. Use them all the time. And when it comes to analyzing the NBA and the New Orleans Pelicans specifically, I tend to make them a regular part of my evaluation. Do they tell the whole story? Of course not. Are they useless? Only Charles Barkley would say so. Do people tend to […]
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Pels Come from Behind to Win 4th Straight in Amazing Team Win
New Orleans fought back from a 10-point deficit in the 4th quarter to tie their longest winning streak of the season (4). The Pelicans stretched their wings in the 4th quarter and let the gusts building from the fans’ chants carry them to a fantastic team win. Alexis Ajinca was the man of the match, […]
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Game On: Pelicans Host The Heat
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Miami Heat tonight in the Smoothie King Center at 7 CT. Miami clings to the 7th spot in the East with 5 teams all within 2 & 1/2 games of the 25-31 Heat. They hope recent additions of Goran Dragic and Michael Beasley can keep their playoff hopes afloat […]
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Pelicans take down Nets
The Nets called two plays tonight. High pick and roll with a center. Post up for wing guy. Oh wait, there were three plays – they ran a wonderful misdirection play in the fourth to get a wide open shot for Joe Johnson from three. Other than that, it was pretty much the other two […]
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Game On: Nets @ Pelicans
The Pelicans unleashed a set of unlikely heroes against the Raptors last game to get the win. Hopefully that crew can bring it again tonight as Tyreke Evans is still fighting a cold and though the Nets aren’t a good team this year, they do have a team that could be vulnerable to the slow-motion […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 206: Injury Bug strikes again
Michael and I have a lot to cover since the last podcast. An injury to Jrue Holiday, Norris Cole, an injury to Anthony Davis, a 2-1 set of games, an injury to Ryan Anderson, Tyreke Evans being up and down, a death blow to playoff hopes, a team with a real, possible, 9-man rotation, and […]
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Pelicans Prove Basketball Without AD Can Still Be Fun, Beat Raptors 100-97
Similar to their game in Toronto about six weeks ago, New Orleans entered the 4th quarter facing a seven point deficit to one of the best teams in the NBA. In both instances, the team was under-manned, playing without Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis for both, also without Ryan Anderson tonight. Nonetheless, the Pelicans were able to […]
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Game On: Raptors at Pelicans
Tonight, the shorthanded Pelicans (28-27) welcome a strong and largely healthy Raptors (38-17) team to the Smoothie King Center. Toronto will be looking to bounce back in New Orleans from a blowout loss in Houston on Saturday night, and these Raptors undoubtedly smell blood going up against a weakened Pelicans roster. In particular, All-Star PG Kyle Lowry made just […]
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Pelicans lose to Magic
Yech. I have other words to use about that game! Blech comes to mind. Yuck. Feh. Sigh. Whatever. Blah. It was a weird game. The Pels didn’t rebound the way they needed to – a key to the game I put up earlier – had a few bad stretches that the Magic turned into runs, […]
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We’re Back: Pelicans @ Magic
Armed with a new point guard familiar with Florida, the Pelicans play their first game in more than a week tonight in Orlando, going up against former Hornet Assistant Coach James Borrego’s squad. The team will, of course, be without Jrue Holiday, but should be fielding Davis and Anderson to bring their squad to “mostly […]