1Q
- 9:16. @PelicansNBA came out strong, making jumpshots and taking advantage of the offensive glass. 7-0 Pels
- 8:56 Lots of dribble hand-offs from the bigs to guards early. Momentum carrying them out of the traps that over-aggressive Bucks. #Pelicans 10-0
- All it takes is one shooter to start making shots for this offense to open up (Thank you Quincy Pondexter)
- 2:32 Lots of great looks for the @PelicansNBA to start this game. Great way to keep a team out if the open court is to make shots.
- Great Quarter, must keep the ball moving in the second quarter. 32-21
2Q
- Tough start to the second quarter.
- 8:45 Tough start to the second quarter for the @PelicansNBA. Ball not moving as much. Jumpers not falling. 32-29
- 8:45 Foot off the gas moment, let’s see how they come out of the timeout.
- 6:26 Watching Alexis Ajinca post up is not the recipe to cure these offensive funk.
- 5:40- Watching Eric Gordon run a pick and roll trying to set up Norris Cole for a baseline 3 feels backwards to me.
- 4:02 Beautiful drive and dish by Gordon to Omer Asik. Need to see more of that against a team this long. #Pelicans.
Half Time
- Schizophrenic half for the Pelicans. Need to clean that up in the second half if they want to win this one.
- 14 points in the paint in the second quarter.
3Q
- 9:16 Asik’s a monster. Got to love the problems he presents for other teams on both sides of the ball. #Pelicans
- 5:12 Asik’s third straight double-double. #Pelicans.
- 3:13 Bucks in the penalty. Have to keep attacking. Allows our defense to set up. #Pelicans
- 1:40 Ajinca scores, Ajinca scores! #BenchPointsDoHappen
4Q
- Heading into the 4th, wondering what happened to all those sets w/ bigs handing it off to our perimeter players @PelicansNBA had in the 1Q.
- Both teams shooting under 40% (Both shot over 52% in the last game.)
- @PelicansNBA needs to hang on with Anthony Davis getting looked at by trainers. Don’t want to blow the lead and have him make a rash decision
- 8:58 Great play by Cole on that. Very aware. Vet move. #Pelicans
- 8:58 AD pulling a Clark Kent, in and out of the locker room in a blink. #Pelicans
- 6:17 So.Many.Jumpers. Pels need to go inside then out.
- 5:34- Two quarters this game where the pelicans have score three points after 6+minutes. Not the kind of consistency we’re looking for.
- 3:12 Gonna keep giving Asik love. Nice rebound and pass to AD. Better free throw shooter and maybe gets him going
- 2:16 Tie game. Let’s see how the @PelicansNBA react after Sunday’s heartbreaker.
- 1:56 Got a three by Gordon on that last Off. play. But spacing was horrible to start that possession. Pels need faster, better cuts when strong-side is flooded and Davis has the ball.
- 9.7 Tough possession there. Kinda wish they didn’t take so long to start their action on Offense. Bucks length has been an issue all.
- 2.5 Great deflection. #NoIceAsikIsAGod
- I don’t know what happened that resulted in the Bucks getting the ball, but I’m pretty sure that ball rattled in and out of the rim longer than it took the ball from Caddyshack to drop. (The refs awarded Khris Middleton with calling a timeout before the ball was deflected out of bounds.)
7 responses to “Moleskin Moments: Pels Sneak Past Bucks”
I witnessed an awful lot of bad calls or no calls that went against the Pels tonight…Bucks started muscling up on Davis and after he got no calls on some of his drives, he began to get frustrated (see block on Anteket-something) but then kind of disappeared…once we got the big 15-0 lead you could see us relax and the Bucks start upping their intensity…if Pondexter does not score early we do even worse in that 2nd qtr…was wondering how long it was going to take to get Gordon back in the game late while Williams and Cole stayed out there…Tyreke with bad decisions at the end driving and not dishing, but of course not getting any fouls called either…was glad to see them let Gordon take the point after the timeout and run Davis for the pick and roll with him…but pass went out to Cole for a three in the corner which he missed…I was thinking if that was the play call put in Babbitt to shoot the trey but I guess he is now too full of rust on the bench…if Ajinca is in the zip code they will call a foul on him…Asik really worked hard out there tonight…if he could refine his offensive game a bit he would be really great…very lucky win as the last shot was in the hole and somehow rattled out
Pelican Poster Agree with most of this. think Q-Pon in the first half and Asik in general saved us today. We got out of our offensive sets too easily in the first quarter, which is a byproduct of not having a floor general style point guard in. Defensive there was miscues late, but hanging on to win is crucial with the race. Definitely things to look for as the season closes out.
Thanks for all the work you’ve been putting in on these games Chris!
this is a perfect example of why we need Jrue leading the offense.
champsworld504 Yea, Can’t replace a true point guard. Evans creates for others, but he isn’t a true PG.
Pelican Poster Thanks for reading. Truly appreciate it.
Again, I did not see the game, but I truly enjoyed and appreciated reading your descriptive, written narration. From what I’ve seen of the Pelicans, it seems that a (J’rue?) floor general is needed. By the way, reading your piece gives me a feel, as if I was almost listening to the game on radio, (with the non-essentials edited out.) Thanks again and look forward to your next piece.