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New Orleans Pelicans Stick San Antonio Spurs 97-90
The New Orleans Pelicans climb back over 0.500 with a 97-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, bring their record to 15-14. They face the Chicago Bulls tomorrow on the standard distribution channels. The game did not start off well. In his post-game interview, Coach Williams addressed the matter, sparing the guys a bit by […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Host San Antonio Spurs: Open Thread
The New Orleans Pelicans, at 14-14, host the San Antonio Spurs and their 18-12 record at the Smoothie King Center tonight. The game tips at just after 7:00 pm CT (UTC -6), and can be seen on Fox Sports New Orleans, heard on the Pelicans radio network. Both the Spurs and the Pelicans are evidence […]
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Moleskin Moments: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Indiana Pacers 12.23
Pelicans lost 96-84 against the Indiana Pacers, in the kind of game they can’t afford to give up. It was the Pelicans’ seventh straight loss against the Pacers. In an unimportant stat for the day, David West has never lost against New Orleans. The Pelicans saw no ball movement, and the Pacers were able to […]
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Flat Pelicans Performance Leads to 96-84 road loss to Pacers
In the NBA, teams that make shots tend to do better than teams that miss. I know, shocking, right? That fact is true for more than just the obvious reason, though. When a team misses, the opponent gets to start its possession without the defense being able to get set. As a result, that opponent typically has […]
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Pelicans at Pacers: Open Thread
The Pelicans finish up their quick two-game road trip in Indiana tonight with a match-up against the Pacers. Before the game, I recommend reading this nice “bittersweet” column written by Gregg Doyel of the Indy Star about Eric Gordon’s return to Indianapolis and a kindergarten teacher of his who never misses when he comes to town. Other notes to […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 198: Jrue and AD
Nick Lewellen and I spend some time talking about Jrue Holiday’s phenomenal defense – but how he’s generally viewed around the league as a third tier sort of point guard. We talk about how he’s grown, and if he’s good enough to be a member of a big three. Then we shift to Anthony Davis […]
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Pelicans’ Late Game Defense Seals 101-99 Victory over Thunder
Instead of starting this recap with words, let’s start with a beautiful, beautiful picture: This chart, my friends, displays the Oklahoma City Thunder’s shots during the final 5 minutes of the 4th quarter tonight. THIS is what many were expecting when Omer Asik joined forces with Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday in the Big Easy. While the […]
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Pelicans @ Thunder: Open Thread
The Pelicans travel to take on the resurgent Oklahoma City Thunder, who are 8-2 in their last 10 games. The Thunder will be missing Kevin Durant but are still a very tough opponent. Questions 1. The Pelicans put up a bit of a dud last night- can they move past that and steal a road win […]
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Pelicans lose big to the Trail Blazers
Tonight nothing seemed to work. The Pelicans strength has been their offense and a lot of that is due to Anthony Davis’ stellar play. For proceedings this evening Davis was struggling. The Blazers did an excellent job defensively forcing him into tough shots and making sure that when he missed they pushed the ball up […]
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Game on: Blazers @ Pelicans
If you missed the game last night between the San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers you missed an absolute barn burner. Triple Overtime and Damian Lillard taking over to settle matters in the final extra period. Every time the Blazers looked down and out Lillard would some how keep his team in the game. […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Recall Russ Smith from D-League
Per the New Orleans Pelicans: The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has recalled rookie point guard Russ Smith from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. In his recent assignment, the second of the season, Smith, 6-0, 185, appeared in four games for Fort Wayne, averaging 17.5 points, and […]
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Notes from the Underground: New Orleans Pelicans Practice 12.19
After last night’s 99-90 road victory against the Houston Rockets, the New Orleans Pelicans had a short practice in preparation of tomorrow night’s home game against the Portland Trailblazers. Since last night, Tyreke Evans has had a MRI that’s revealed he has a bone bruise. Evans was seen taking jumpshots after practice. Monty Williams on […]
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On the Fly, Episode 7: We Hung Out With Eric Gordon
Wow, these Bourbon Street Shots guys are really cool We know Eric, we know. So Eric Gordon decided to join our watch party at Tracey’s last night. He sat down across from us for 2 hours and answered questions about everything ranging from the Clippers trade to this year’s team to the antics of Chris […]
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Pelicans Waive Guard Gal Mekel
The Pelicans announced today that they have decided to waive Gal Mekel. Here is a press release from the team: The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has waived point guard Gal Mekel. Mekel, 6-3, 191, was signed by the team on December 5 as an unrestricted free agent. Mekel appeared in four […]
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Pelicans take Rockets
The folks at Tracey’s obviously had a blast as the Pelicans snatched a win in Houston against a team that had been playing at a very high level. Yes, the Rockets had played an OT game the night before in Denver, but these wins matter in a tough Western Conference. The Pelicans fought hard through […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Rockets
There have been buckets of ink spilled about the Sexy Golden State Warriors this season. Memphis has gotten actual notice from the national media for it’s amazing play. (mostly because they did bad things to the Sexy Golden State Warriors) However, toiling along behind them, mostly ignored, are the 19-5 Houston Rockets. 19-5 despite missing […]
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On the Fly, Episode 6: Rockets
Jake and I decided to do some recapping of the Cleveland, Golden State, and Utah games, and we follow with some quick analysis of the Rockets. I forget that LeBron was shut down because teams ignored his teammates and have some other brain farts resulting from sleep deprivation.. but we do not go gentle into […]
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Pelicans storm back on Jazz
I felt like someone had kicked me in the gut with 11 minutes to go in the game and the Pelicans down 14 to the Jazz. Up to that point, it had all the hallmarks of a trap game gone wrong, The Pelicans were playing sloppy and had 7(!) turnovers in the first quarter and 11 […]
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Game On: Jazz @ Pelicans
When last the Pelicans played the Jazz, they were a scrappy 5-8 team looking to stay in contact with a .500 record. Since then, they’ve gone 1-10 and are now cannon fodder for the good teams in the league. The Pelicans need this game so they can continue to weather a tough stretch of teams […]
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Moleskin Moments: Golden State Warriors vs. New Orleans Pelicans 12.14
The Golden State Warriors have been red-hot, led by Stephen Curry, who has been on video game mode for what feels like an eternity. With the New Orleans Pelicans short Anthony Davis, this wasn’t expected to be a close game, despite the recent impressive win against the Cleveland Cavaliers. But the Pelicans played a good […]