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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans at Golden State Warriors, Game 2
Two days after an inspiring comeback fell just a little short in the form of a 106-99 loss, the Pelicans return to Oracle Arena for Game 2 of their best-of-seven series against the Warriors. After a rough first quarter on Saturday, New Orleans shook their playoff jitters and played Golden State close to even in the […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 215: On to Game 2
Michael and I talk about what we saw in Game 1 – including what we would like to see exploited, what we would like to see less of, and who our game-time heroes were. We then make predictions for game 2! Enjoy the Podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show […]
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YouTube Play-by-Play: The Pelicans Enter the Building
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQa48DcX1E Imagine if you will, this above Pelican (video contains NSFW language, by the way) as a sort of mega-tron version of the New Orleans Pelicans NBA franchise. The face is Anthony Davis, determined and focused. The eyes are Jrue Holiday (right), Tyreke Evans (left). The rump is Omer Asik, the chest is Eric Gordon. Keeping […]
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Warriors and Pelicans Game One: Film Review
The Anthony Davis playoff era began last night to what many believed to be an easy Warrior victory. Proceedings proved to fall in line with these sentiments as Golden State controlled much of the evening. But, for what seemed destined for a blowout turned into a more competitive game as New Orleans scored 33 4th […]
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Pelicans Surge Late, But Warriors Hold Them Off to Take Game 1
For much of the first three quarters, the Warriors exposed all of the weaknesses that every Pelicans fan already knew this team had. In the first half, the Warriors scored 28 points off of layups or dunks, and the Pelicans didn’t do much to remedy that problem in the third quarter, giving up 3 more […]
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Mascot Wars: New Orleans vs. Golden State
You’ve read a lot about the matchup between the young pup Golden State Warriors and the younger pup New Orleans Pelicans and you’re going to read a lot more. While you’re soaking up the analytics, the advanced metrics, the head-to-head history of these squads, consider taking a dip in what many (read: just me) believe […]
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Weakside Eyes: Facing the Warriors
Straight away, Anthony Davis must have a superb series or the Pelicans will find them themselves gasping versus a Golden State team that leads the NBA in pace. GS soars and stretches you both North – South & East – West . . . superb spacing blessed with superior firepower. Davis will be now introduced […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans at Golden State Warriors, Game 1
Not going to post a ton of new preview stuff here, because there is already tons of tremendous information on the site. If you want to know how the Pelicans can score against the Warriors #1 ranked defense, Chris Romaguera has a terrific piece here, and if you want to know how we can lock […]
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Learning from the Warriors’ Losses
The Golden State Warriors finished the 2014-15 regular season with 67 wins and 15 losses, easily the best record in the NBA this year. That level of dominance certainly makes the Pelicans’ chances of victory appear bleak, as teams experiencing that level of success generally don’t possess many weaknesses. The beauty (pain?) of facing a team with […]
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The Keys to Beating the Dubs, Part Two: Defense
The Golden State offense is an absolute juggernaut. While it’s true that with a late season run, the Clippers technically jumped them and finished first in the league in offensive rating, many would still say that the Warriors have the best offense in the league. They finished with an offensive rating of 111.6 and their […]
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Pledging Pelicans Allegiance
I love New Orleans. Truly. Deeply. I’ve lived down here since 2004 when I was an 18-year-old freshman at Tulane. I’m 29 now. Those 10-plus years are more formative in shaping who I am now than the 18 spent in my hometown of Los Angeles. I may not be from New Orleans originally, but there […]
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Podcast: Talking with Steph Curry’s college friend + a chat with Warriors World
The Bourbon Street Shots office is a oozing with material for this unexpected trip to the postseason. Videos, podcasts (In the N.O.), columns, parties, more podcasts (On the Fly), and even one more podcast. On this very special edition of Trew 2 the Game (normally released on Tuesdays), I got to talk to lead writer […]
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The Key to Beating the Dubs, Part One: Offense
The New Orleans Pelicans made the playoffs for many reasons (and not all of them are named Anthony Davis). One of the main reasons is that they had a top-10 offense for most of the year, finishing with an offensive rating of 108.2, good for 8th in the league. The Pelicans offense rated just behind […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 214: The Warriors Await
We talk Spurs, then we talk Warriors. The fire-eyed maid of smoky war All hot and bleeding will we offer them. Enjoy the Podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show or the Blog? Follow @BourbonStShots
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Playoff Watch Parties @ Tracey’s!
Come on, you had to knew we were going to do this. That’s right, Bourbon Street Shots is proud to bring you watch parties for games 1 and 2! And hopefully games 5 and 7, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves yet. It’s been an improbable ride to the 8th seed, and it’s going […]
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The Night That Changed the Pelicans and Warriors Fates Forever
April 24th, 2012 is a date that should be remembered by basketball fans in both New Orleans and Golden State forever, but if you ask either fan base its significance, they will likely draw a blank. For both teams, it was the 65th game in a strike-shortened 66 game season that had essentially ended for […]
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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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Red Out, Pelicans In
The biggest games in Pelicans franchise history are (in very specific order): Pierre’s post beak surgery game, the first ever Pelicans game, tonight, then tonight again. It’s important the Pelicans make the playoffs in 2015. But it’s more important that New Orleans shows up early to see what happens in person. There’s two games tonight, […]
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The Big Time
You couldn’t have drawn up a better script. One game, for all the marbles (sort of.) It is the basketball equivalent of the final game in the film Major League. If the Pelicans win, with their weird theme music, ragtag crew and eccentric fans; against the epitome of a dynasty in the defending champion San […]