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Pels Come from Behind to Win 4th Straight in Amazing Team Win
New Orleans fought back from a 10-point deficit in the 4th quarter to tie their longest winning streak of the season (4). The Pelicans stretched their wings in the 4th quarter and let the gusts building from the fans’ chants carry them to a fantastic team win. Alexis Ajinca was the man of the match, […]
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Game On: Pelicans Host The Heat
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Miami Heat tonight in the Smoothie King Center at 7 CT. Miami clings to the 7th spot in the East with 5 teams all within 2 & 1/2 games of the 25-31 Heat. They hope recent additions of Goran Dragic and Michael Beasley can keep their playoff hopes afloat […]
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Pels Follow Up Best Win of the Season with One of the Worst Losses of the Season
The Pelicans lost to the Bulls 107-72 in a horrible home loss, dropping the Pels to 8-11 against the East. Some thoughts on the game: Both teams had very slow starts to the game, the Pelicans didn’t even score until the 8:30 mark in the first. The Pelicans couldn’t hit any outside shot, which is […]
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Game On: Pels Host Bulls
The Pelicans (27-23), coming off probably their biggest win since being rebranded, host the Chicago Bulls (30-20) tonight in the second of a back-to-back, tipoff is for 6CT. Despite winning 7 of their last 10, New Orleans is still one game back from Phoenix in the race for the 8th seed, with OKC in hot […]
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Nuggets Outlast Pels
The Pelicans lost to the Nuggets for the second time this season 93-85, ending New Orleans’ 4 game winning streak and Denver’s 7 game losing streak. The Pels were down by as many as 16 in the first half, but battled all the way back to tie the game at 70 by the end of […]
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Game On: Pels host the Denver Nuggets
The Pelicans put their 4 game win streak on the line as they host the Denver Nuggets tonight for their 3rd home game in a row. Their current win steak is the longest of the season, and they will need to keep it going against a sub-.500 team at home if they want to keep […]
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It Happened, It Happened, Oh My God It Finally Happened
The Pelicans beat the Mavericks for the first time in ten tries and win 3 in a row for the first time all season, putting them two games over .500 for the first time since late November. The win puts the Pels back into 9th place in the West, one game ahead of OKC and 3 […]
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Game On: Pels host Mavs
The Pels host the Dallas Mavericks tonight in a crucial South West matchup. Dallas won both the previous meetings, but both were close contests. Dallas has become one of the more well rounded teams with addition of star pg Rajon Rondo, improving their perimeter defense by a large margin. The Pels, meanwhile, have lost their […]
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Road Woes Hit New Low, Pels Lose by 15 to Philly
Writing this post was basically a practice in masochism. This was a hard one to watch, and writing about it hurts. In my pregame I mentioned a couple things the Pels would need to key in on to get a win tonight: Play as a team – The team had 17 assists to 18 turnovers. […]
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Game On: Pels @ Sixers
Wednesday night the Pelicans (19-19) won their first road game against an Eastern Conference opponent of the season, a 105-94 win over a Detroit Pistons team that had won 9 out of its last 10 (the Pels were previously 0-7). Now they head to Philadelphia (7-31) for the third of a five game stretch out […]
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Pelicans’ All Around Effort Too Much for Grizzlies
4 Pelicans players score 20 or more points (5 in double digits) and 6 players grab 5 or more rebounds as the Pelicans record their 5th divisional win of the season, 1 more than the entirety of last season. The win puts the Pels back at .500 and keeps them a half-game ahead of OKC […]
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Grizzlies @ Pelicans Open Thread
The Pelicans (17-18) host the Grizzlies (25-10) tonight at the Smoothie King Center at 7ct. It is the second meeting between the divisional foes this season, with Memphis taking the first 93-81, holding the Pelicans to an awful 33.7% from the field. The Pelicans come in on a disappointing two-game losing streak since the return […]
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Pelicans Can’t Match Wizards’ Depth or Defense
The Pelicans lost to the Wizards tonight for the second time this season in a very similar fashion to the first. The Pels led only once all game (early in the first quarter), but managed kept it close down the stretch, just couldn’t come up with the plays they needed. Some notes on the game: […]
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Game On: Pels Host Wizards
The Pelicans host the Washington Wizards tonight in the Blender as they look to stay in the playoff race with 8th place Phoenix and 10th place OKC, who is gaining on both, fast. If you want to bet on either of these teams, you can head out to 비트카지노. The Pels come in with plenty […]
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Trouble Igniting the Flamethrower? Anderson Through 30 Games
With about one-third of the NBA season now over, we have come to a strange place. Christmas ushers in a time of reflection, a time to stop and think, “Oh ,wow, I blew a lot of money on Dome and SKC beer this year.” Then, New Years hits and, we immediately turn around, look towards […]
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Pelicans Lose Heartbreaker in OT
For the 3rd game in a row the Pelicans had two 30pt scorers. This time it was the Pels’ backcourt duo of Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday, combining for 64pts, 11rebs, 14asts, 7stls, and 3blks to help take the NBA’s best team down to the wire. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough as the Pels fell in […]
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Game On: Warriors @ Pelicans
The Pelicans host the Golden State Warriors tonight at 5 CT. It is the 2nd meeting between the two this year, with the first ending in a 112-85 thumping of New Orleans. The Warriors (20-2) are off to one of the best starts to a season in NBA history, currently on a 15-game win streak, […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Mavericks
The Pelicans, now on a 2-game winning streak, are at it again tonight for their 6th back-to-back of the season taking on a divisional rival in the Dallas Mavericks. This is the second meeting this season between the two, with the Mavericks outlasting the Pels 109-104 back in early November. The Pelicans have only beaten […]
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Starting Slow and Finishing Weak
Through the first month of this season the Pelicans have hovered right around .500. We’ve seen some good, some bad, and unfortunately, the surprisingly unsurprising happened and injury has again thrown a wrench in the team’s playoff plans. With Eric Gordon now out for the foreseeable future, the Pels’ problems become larger and fixing them […]
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Pelicans Overcome Magic and Poor Shooting
“Man, that was something.” That was the first thought that came to my mind leaving the SKC Tuesday night. Pelicans shoot 40.6% from the field, 23.5% from 3, 48.4% from the line, and their talented backcourt of Jrue Holiday, Eric Gordon, and Tyreke Evans shoot a combined 12-34 (and their backups Austin Rivers, Jimmer […]