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3 Reasons to attend our pre-game Tweet-up this Friday
The Pelicans are on a winning streak and the season is coming to a close – those are good enough reasons to celebrate early this Friday night but here’s 3 more reasons why you should attend our pre-game Tweetup this Friday at the Little Gem Saloon. #3. Twitter is fun. Twitter is becoming a regular second screen […]
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Pelicans role players down Clippers
This is one of those games that just leaves you scratching your head. No Holiday, Gordon, Anderson, Smith, Rivers, or Roberts. Darius Miller played long stretches of the game as a point guard. Anthony Davis couldn’t stroke any of his midrange shots, scoring just 16 points on 19 shots. Tyreke scored 10 points on 16 […]
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Game On: Clippers @ Pelicans
Sometimes you get lucky in this league and you catch a real good team on a downswing or when it has a significant injury. That time is not now for the Clippers. The Clippers come into the game having lost just one of their last 14 games – and that was to Denver, in Denver, […]
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Of Course the Pelicans Will Not Retire Chris Paul’s Jersey
Just over a month ago, the New Orleans Pelicans hosted the Los Angeles Clippers for the first of two times this season. On that day, a claim was made that the Pelicans would eventually retire Chris Paul’s jersey. For their second visit, I claim the opposite. To be fair, I’m not going to sit around […]
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Video Recap: Pelicans fight back in second half, cut down Nets 109-104 in OT
Mason Ginsberg and Jake Madison give their takes on the Pelicans’ come from behind victory against the Nets in New Orleans tonight. Below the video, you can find some of the themes of our conversation. Quick Hitting Highlights: After starting Davis and Babbitt against a team with no true center (Miami) on Saturday night, the […]
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Game On: Nets @ Pelicans
Tonight, the Pelicans host the Nets for the only time this season, getting their chance to avenge their early February loss in Brooklyn in which New Orleans trailed 51-28 at halftime and never recovered. Fortunately for the Pels, the Nets played a tightly contested overtime game in Dallas last night, beating the Mavericks 107-104. Brooklyn […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 175: Chemistry, Davis and the Heat
Michael and I talk about the Heat game, Anthony Davis being a foundational player, the Heat game, how the team almost won in Toronto without Davis, Chemistry, Aminu as a backup power forward, and whether Brian Roberts deserves the abuse he gets. Plus, LVPs, Paying your Debts like a Lannister, and what happened to the […]
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Talking about the Timeline
Nick just put out an article about Anthony Davis’ development timeline. Here, we talk about what that says about the timeline the New Orleans Pelicans are on. Jason: Nick, you just wrote this analytic piece about the progression of the great big men in relatively recent NBA history. When I look at the data, I […]
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Anthony Davis and His Supporting Cast Take Down the Champs
Coming into this game, we knew that Anthony Davis and Tyreke Evans would show up, but it was going to take more than just those two to take down the two-time defending champs. When word came late that Eric Gordon would miss tonight’s game, there was legitimate concern that the Pelicans just wouldn’t have the […]
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Game on: Heat @ Pelicans
Both teams are playing back to backs, with Miami coming off a tough, grind-it-out win in Memphis. The Heat have actually been fairly poor on the road (by their standards) this season, only going 20-14 away from Miami. That means, of course, that the Pelicans have a chance tonight, particularly since Dwyane Wade has only […]
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Pelicans Drop Hawks to Open Babbitt Season
Like a bad itch, it was just eating away at him. Monty Williams put in Luke Babbitt late in the 3rd quarter and it paid serious dividends, opening up acres of space for the rest of the Pelicans to operate on offense. His shooting was on, his hair was questionable fabulous, and everything was going […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans @ Atlanta Hawks
The New Orleans Pelicans visit the 31-35 Atlanta Hawks, who are riding a 5 game win streak. The Hawks may be hot now, but their recent win streak came after a devastating run in which they went 1-14. They are without their best player, Al Horford, but have still managed to stay in the Eastern Conference […]
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Familiar Story: Pelicans Fade Late, Lose to Raptors
Stop me if you heard this one before: Pelicans control the game and hold a lead going into the final five minutes before going ice cold on offense and making mental mistakes on defense down the stretch to lose the game. Yeah, I thought you might be familiar with that story. Well, it happened again […]
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Game On: Toronto Raptors at New Orleans Pelicans
The Pelicans go into this game looking for their third straight win and their sixth in the last eight games, while Toronto comes into tonight fresh off an overtime loss at Atlanta last night. Combine that with the fact that Raptors Center Jonas Valanciunas will likely miss this game with a back sprain, and this […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 174: Anthony Davis is a Superstar
So – last week Michael and I talked about Davis becoming a monster. We were too early in singing his praises. The guy is crazy good. So we talk Davis, we give Tyreke Evans his due, we try to figure out why Monty equates Stiemsma to Winning and Withey to development, and Michael again lays […]
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Record Setting Performance by Anthony Davis Helps Pelicans Edge Boston in Ovetime
Anthony Davis needed 28 points to become the first player in franchise history to score 28 or more points in six straight. He accomplished that by the end of the third quarter, and then he set his sights on a new goal. He had just recorded his career-high in scoring two nights prior against Portland, […]
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Game On: Boston Celtics at New Orleans Pelicans
The Pelicans are looking to get back in the win column after losing two heartbreakers at home to Portland and Memphis. The Celtics could be the cure for what ails them, as Boston is just 8-23 on the road this year. For the Pelicans to end their two-game skid, they will have to do the […]
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Pelicans buried from deep by Blazers
After flirting with it for two weeks straight, Anthony Davis finally got a new career high tonight, scoring 36 points on a variety of dunks and jumpers. It didn’t matter, though, as the Trail Blazers took three after three and managed to hit 42% of the 33 they let fly with. In a game […]
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Game On: Blazers @ Pelicans
Tonight the Pelicans catch a break. (and for once, not the bone or back or tendon type) After a scorching start to the season, the Trailblazers have fallen back to earth, winning just nine of their last twenty games. They have struggled even more over the last five, winning just a single game against a […]
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Pelicans Can’t Hold On, Fall to Grizzlies
The depleted Pelicans just couldn’t quite hold on for a victory against the Grizzlies, losing 90-88. Some nights you just don’t have enough firepower, and in the end this was one of them. Eric Gordon and Tyreke Evans both missed the contest with flu like symptoms, and even a huge game by Anthony Davis wasn’t […]