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Game On: Half-a-Pelican vs the Mavericks
The Finishing Five of the Pelicans have been amazing this year. Per 48 minutes, they outscore opponents by 8.4 points per game, relying on a blistering offense that is nearly impossible to contain. Of course, they’ve managed to be together for 91 minutes this season. Tonight, the Pelicans get to fly to Dallas to face […]
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Shorthanded Pelicans Dropped by Mavericks
The news that Jrue Holiday would be out indefinitely with a stress fracture carried with it the assumption that the Pelicans would be a pretty bad team until he got back. And tonight, that’s what we saw. I don’t want to get overly critical of our performance tonight, though it would be fairly easy to. […]
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Jrue Holiday Out Indefinitely with Stress Fracture in Right Tibia
Per the team: The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that Jrue Holiday has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right tibia. He is out indefinitely. We’ll have more on this (and the other injuries) once the dust settles, but his last 4 games have produced single digit scoring (4, 8, 4, 8 . […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Dallas Mavericks
The more things change, the more they stay the same. While I’d like to be able to write a preview detailing how the Pelicans could beat the Mavericks, there was news this morning that Jrue Holiday is out indefinitely with a stress fracture in his right tibia. Combine that with Ryan Anderson’s indefinite absence, and […]
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Gameday: Washington Wizards (Video)
Yesterday I decided that I was going to document the Wizards game to try to give you a close up and personal look of what a typical home game is like for the New Orleans Pelicans players and staff. You can see what the players are doing hours before the game and hopefully this gives […]
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Pelicans’ late run comes up short in overall flat effort vs. Wizards
For about 3 1/2 quarters, the game tonight was borderline unwatchable. For the remaining six minutes, things got a little interesting, but the Pelicans never really had a chance to steal the game back from the Wizards. The Pelicans were done in by poor defensive rotations resulting in multiple wide open three pointers for players […]
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Game On: Washington Wizards at New Orleans Pelicans
The Pelicans return home after playing about one half of basketball in Miami last night to take on the Wizards. The two teams enter tonight’s contest with similar records, as New Orleans (15-18) trails Washington (15-17) by just one game in the loss column. That being said, the Wizards have posted a 2-8 record vs. […]
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Pelicans reach fourth quarter against Heat, shrug and wait for game to finish
I could talk about how they played with good energy in the first quarter – how they drove and kicked the way they needed to. I could even say they did that in the second quarter, and kinda in the third. But in the fourth? All it took was few plays, the Pelicans were down […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Heat
The Pelicans, in the next few years, want to enter the conversation for best team in the league. Tonight, even without Ryan Anderson is a measuring stick game. The Pelicans will not get the best Miami Heat, even if they are unlucky and get a fully stocked Miami Heat. Miami cruises a little against weaker teams, and […]
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Trew 2 the Game #28: Snowed In: A Short Story
After the Pelicans were knocked around by the Indiana Pacers, the team had to catch a flight to Miami. No big deal, really, just two of the best teams in the league, one after the other, on the road. A couple of days of stress-free rest oughta do the trick. Hollllld up, wait-a-min-ute. It was […]
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Anderson out Indefinitely
The Pelicans announced today that Ryan Anderson is out indefinitely with a herniated disc in his back. A quick look around the web indicates an injury like this could take a month or more to recover from, depending on the seriousness of the injury. It goes without saying that this is a major blow to […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 165: The Irreplacable Anderson
Ryan Anderson goes down, and once again exposes the fact he is probably the most irreplaceable part on the roster when it comes to efficient offense. It happens, of course, after Michael and I talk about how things were looking up for the team. Dangit! We also talk Ajinca stating, Eric Gordon’s odd explosive/disappearing acts, […]
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Indiana Blitzes New Orleans in the Second Half, Defeat Pelicans 99-82
It was good while it lasted. For the second straight time, the Pelicans thouroughly outplayed the Pacers in the first half, but blew the lead in the final two quarters. Tonight, it was one monster run that did the Pelicans in, as Indiana went on a 18-0 run midway through the third quarter. The Pelicans […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans @ Indiana Pacers
The New Orleans Pelicans (15-16) are in Indianapolis getting ready to play the NBA-leading Indiana Pacers (25-6). In addition to facing stiff competition, the Pelicans face that competition on the second night of a back-to-back on the road, while the Pacers have been off since losing to the Raptors Wednesday. In additional addition, the team […]
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Pelicans Squeak by Boston, Ryno Gets Hurt
Good NBA teams should be assassins. Good NBA teams would see a Boston team on the second night of a back to back and lick their chops. The Pelicans are trying to be a good team. Truly, they are. But they have so far to go. They have only beaten 2 teams with winning records, […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans @ Boston Celtics
Bourbon Street Shots is privileged to welcome Adam Lowenstein of Celtics Hub to talk about the new-look Celtics and their season thus far. 1. What is the goal for the Celtics this year? Adam: If there is one main goal for the Celtics in the 2013-14 season, it is team development. From head coach Brad […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 164: Things Looking up in the New Year
Welcome to the New Year! Michael and I talk about the positive and negatives things we saw during the games over the holidays, including the stinkers against the Clippers and Wolves, as well as positive signs like Evans’ aggressiveness, Aminu’s string of solid games, Jrue Holiday’s growing comfort in the system, and Anthony Davis ongoing […]
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New Orleans Pelicans lose big to Minnesota Timberwolves 124 to 112
After a resounding win against the Portland Trail Blazers the New Orleans Pelicans promptly lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night 124 to 112. Ryan Anderson led the Pelicans with 25 points and Tyreke Evans contributed 16 points off the bench. But it was no match for a Timberwolves squad that played swarming defense […]
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Weakside Eyes: Love the No Timeout Call!
Let’s get right to the point: I love the “no timeout call”. Many are so locked into the “You need a timeout to set up the last play!” thing . . . that’s not always the case. Unless you are attending every practice session, you don’t know what ‘special situations’ teams are working on. By […]
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Game On: New Orleans @ Minnesota
Two teams fighting for the end of the playoff seeding clash tonight as the Pelicans visit the Minnesota Timberwolves. Looking at their records, you would assume the teams are comparable, with Minnesota 15-16 and the Pelicans 14-15. The records, however, obscure the fact the Wolves have an offense that generates 108.4 points per possession and […]