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Pelicans down Suns
The Pelicans handled that game with poise, absorbing the haymaker Brandon Knight threw in the first quarter and then working the Suns deliberately for the rest of the game. Despite the 20 points by Knight in the first quarter and the 39 total points scored by the Suns, the Pelicans were only down 2 at […]
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Game On: (1-11) Pelicans Host (9-1) Spurs
It just doens’t get any easier for the Pels. After a hard fought loss to the OKC Russell Westbrooks, the San Antonio Spurs roll into town riding a 6-game win streak. The Spurs have no player averaging more than 4.3 assists per game, yet they are second in the league in assists. With their new […]
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There is no space as the Pelicans lose to Knicks
Usually when writers talk about “space” in basketball – they are simply referring to shooting. Put some shooters around the perimeter, and viola, teams have to guard them, there is room inside. That is pretty much garbage though. Competent NBA defenders know when to collapse and recover and are capable of defending 10-12 feet of […]
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Game On Pelicans @ Mavericks: Time to get real
Alright. We’ve been nice up to this point. We’ve looked at the upside, the possibilities, the fact this is a new system. We’ve bemoaned the injuries. And now I’m done with that. Give me a god damned win. Seriously. A win. I waited through a 3-year rebuild for what was supposed to be this season. The […]
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Pelicans Mount Furious Comeback but Fall Short in Portland
It was over almost as soon as it began. In almost a carbon copy of last night’s demolishing by the defending champs, the Pelicans out did themselves, getting blown out by the Portland Trail Blazers. It took New Orleans a half to get to where Portland was after the one quarter, as the Pels got outscored […]
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Game On: Trail Blazers Host Pelicans on Second of Back-to-Back
The Pelicans look to bounce back after a shaky start to the season in Oakland against theTrail Blazers in Portland Wednesday night (tip off for 9CT). The Blazers lost 4 starters from last season to the competition this summer, while the Pelicans are missing 4 regular rotation players of their own to injury (Omer Asik, […]
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Pelicans Squeak Out a Win Against the Heat in Preseason Finale
Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon combined for 47 points and the Pelicans beat the Miami Heat 93-90 in their last preseaon game on Ochsner’s Breast Cancer Awareness Night at the Smoothie King Center. In a game that saw a lot of starters see a lot of minutes, the short-handed Pels managed to hold on to […]
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Pelicans Play the Heat in Final Preseason Game
In the final warmup for the regular season the Pelicans play the Miami Heat tonight at the Smoothie King Center, tip off for 7pm CT. Tonight is all about one thing: get through the ******* game without injuries. The Pels have had the luck of Marsellus Wallace, who, while out shopping for donuts, just happened […]
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In The Land of Rupp, The One-Browed Man is King (but the Pels lose)
Davis put up a 19pt, 8reb, 3stl stat-line on 7/15 shooting, hitting 2/4 3’s, and Cousins put up 19pts, 5rebs, 5TO’s on 4/12 shooting before fouling out, and the Pels fell to the Kings 107 to 98 in Rupp Arena tonight. Both big men looked good tonight, but Boogie’s right hand man Rudy Gay put […]
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Kings @ Pels in Rupp Arena Match Up of Kentucky Big Men
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Sacramento Kings in Rupp Arena tonight (10/17) at 7 ET in a preseason match up of former Wildcat big men. Demarcus Cousins (drafted 2010) and Anthony Davis (drafted 2012) are two statistically dominant big men who always make a good show. The Pelicans have been plagued by injuries again so […]
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Pelicans return to the Post Season by ending Spurs Win Streak
Every team that makes the leap has a few moments you can look back on and remember clearly. Games or moments that tested their mettle and honed them rather than broke them. I can’t predict the future – I thought we were experiencing this back in 2007. This could go that way and be soured – […]
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Game On: Spurs @ Pelicans
Most of the time when I break out one of these game previews, an opponent has a few glaring issues that the Pelicans could attack in particular – A team that can’t protect the boards that can be eaten by the Pelican’s glass dominance, or a team that relies on turnovers for cheap points can […]
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Pelicans Lose a Battle, but not the War!
Despite leading at the break, the Pelicans couldn’t hold on in the 2nd half and they fell to the Houston Rockets 121-114. The first half the Pelicans played about as well as they could have hoped, leading by 10 at one point. It seemed they had an answer for every Rocket run. The ball was […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Rockets
So it comes down to this. With just 3 games left the Pelicans remain neck and neck with the Oklahoma City Thunder as the season comes down to a photo finish for the two playoff-hopefuls; and right now, the Pels have their noses out in front. The next hurdle comes in the form of a […]
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The Pelicans forgot to play the Grizzlies
Yeah. Next game is Friday.
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Game On: Pelicans @ Grizzlies
It’s time to see if the Pelicans can keep their momentum. After edging out a tight one against the Warriors, they get to take on the Grizzlies tonight, an opponent who they have been very good against the past couple years. The one thing you should note, however, is though the Grizzlies are frequently being […]
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Game On: Pels at Blazers
What a week for the Pelicans. Just last Friday the Pels were coming off a 4 game losing streak and sat 3 and half games behind OKC. That night the Pels got a much needed win against the Sacramento Kings to stay within striking distance of the 8th seed. Then just last night the Pelicans ran […]
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The Pelicans beat the Lakers
For the first quarter, you had to wonder if the Pelicans were going to bother playing hard in this one. Their offense was clicking – which can be a recipe for them to not try so hard on defense. And in the first, they definitely weren’t trying. To give you an idea of the sort […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Lakers
If you’re like me, you are probably tired of hearing that every game is a ‘must-win’ at this point. So I’m not going to say it. I will instead refer to this game as “Necessary to avoid being called Schmucks.” That’s right. If the Pelicans lose to the Lakers tonight, they become schmucks. For at least […]
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Pelicans finish off Kings
Like all monarchies, the Kings were too entirely dependent on one guy tonight. So, despite that guy being absolutely amazing, the Pelicans shrugged off a slow start and punished the rest of the Kings, dropping 28 points in each of the final three quarters. The silly part about this is I thought Asik was playing Cousins […]