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Pelicans Drop Hawks to Open Babbitt Season
Like a bad itch, it was just eating away at him. Monty Williams put in Luke Babbitt late in the 3rd quarter and it paid serious dividends, opening up acres of space for the rest of the Pelicans to operate on offense. His shooting was on, his hair was questionable fabulous, and everything was going […]
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The Development of Anthony Davis
This is a new series called Show me the Data. I’m hoping to publish a data heavy, analytical, or academically focused piece on the Pelicans or an NBA topic every other week. My goal is to provide something more analytical and less opinion based. If you have any questions, comments, or data you’d like to see examined, […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans @ Atlanta Hawks
The New Orleans Pelicans visit the 31-35 Atlanta Hawks, who are riding a 5 game win streak. The Hawks may be hot now, but their recent win streak came after a devastating run in which they went 1-14. They are without their best player, Al Horford, but have still managed to stay in the Eastern Conference […]
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Who to Watch in the NCAA Tournament
So, in all likelihood the Pelicans will not have a draft pick heading into June’s draft, but that doesn’t mean they can not acquire one. They have assets like Austin Rivers and Pierre Jackson that might be able to fetch a late 1st. They can also buy a pick or trade for one by giving […]
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Familiar Story: Pelicans Fade Late, Lose to Raptors
Stop me if you heard this one before: Pelicans control the game and hold a lead going into the final five minutes before going ice cold on offense and making mental mistakes on defense down the stretch to lose the game. Yeah, I thought you might be familiar with that story. Well, it happened again […]
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Game On: Toronto Raptors at New Orleans Pelicans
The Pelicans go into this game looking for their third straight win and their sixth in the last eight games, while Toronto comes into tonight fresh off an overtime loss at Atlanta last night. Combine that with the fact that Raptors Center Jonas Valanciunas will likely miss this game with a back sprain, and this […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 174: Anthony Davis is a Superstar
So – last week Michael and I talked about Davis becoming a monster. We were too early in singing his praises. The guy is crazy good. So we talk Davis, we give Tyreke Evans his due, we try to figure out why Monty equates Stiemsma to Winning and Withey to development, and Michael again lays […]
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Some Anthony Davis-related Numbers
Figured I’d throw this stuff out there. All stats since 1980. Since 1980 only 2 players have had a streak of 6 games with at least 28 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block in every game: Anthony Davis, and Shaquille O’Neal. (who had 7 in a row) Anthony Davis is currently posting the 2nd best […]
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Record Setting Performance by Anthony Davis Helps Pelicans Edge Boston in Ovetime
Anthony Davis needed 28 points to become the first player in franchise history to score 28 or more points in six straight. He accomplished that by the end of the third quarter, and then he set his sights on a new goal. He had just recorded his career-high in scoring two nights prior against Portland, […]
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Game On: Boston Celtics at New Orleans Pelicans
The Pelicans are looking to get back in the win column after losing two heartbreakers at home to Portland and Memphis. The Celtics could be the cure for what ails them, as Boston is just 8-23 on the road this year. For the Pelicans to end their two-game skid, they will have to do the […]
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Pelicans buried from deep by Blazers
After flirting with it for two weeks straight, Anthony Davis finally got a new career high tonight, scoring 36 points on a variety of dunks and jumpers. It didn’t matter, though, as the Trail Blazers took three after three and managed to hit 42% of the 33 they let fly with. In a game […]
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Game On: Blazers @ Pelicans
Tonight the Pelicans catch a break. (and for once, not the bone or back or tendon type) After a scorching start to the season, the Trailblazers have fallen back to earth, winning just nine of their last twenty games. They have struggled even more over the last five, winning just a single game against a […]
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Pelicans Can’t Hold On, Fall to Grizzlies
The depleted Pelicans just couldn’t quite hold on for a victory against the Grizzlies, losing 90-88. Some nights you just don’t have enough firepower, and in the end this was one of them. Eric Gordon and Tyreke Evans both missed the contest with flu like symptoms, and even a huge game by Anthony Davis wasn’t […]
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Game On: Grizzlies @ Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans will try to extend their three game winning streak at home tonight when they welcome the Memphis Grizzlies to town. Despite the fact that the Pels are headed for another losing record and the Grizzlies are fighting for a playoff berth, New Orleans is actually 3-0 against division rival Memphis this […]
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Birthday Wishes for Anthony Davis
To honor the big man’s birthday, I invited two friends from out of state to join me in answering the birthday questions on all of our minds. Submit your own answers to @Trew2theGame on Twitter. Now that the future of Crescent City Basketball is of legal drinking age, what cocktail do you think best describes […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 173: Anthony Davis turning into a Monster
Michael and I don’t sing the praises about Anthony Davis enough. Well, we do it for a while tonight. The guy is amazing. We also talk Tyreke, the total lack of any defense played against Los Angeles, poke our usual fun at Monty’s rotations, and then are shocked at the rotations we like showing up […]
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Monty Switches Some Things Up and the Pelicans Win an Overtime Thriller
When a player is young and makes mistakes in the NBA, he regularly gets a pass as people assume that he will eventually grow out of those mistakes. Coaches, however, don’t seem to get the same pass for a variety of reasons. Whether you think Monty is a good coach or not, I think that […]
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Game On: Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans
Can the Pelicans make it three in a row?! After wins over perhaps two of the three worst teams in the NBA right now (Philly being the other), the Pelicans hope to get their first win over a team with a superior record since they defeated the Timberwolves way back on February 7th. The Nuggets […]
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The Pelicans beat the Bucks
When the season starts winding to an end, offensive efficiency improves across the board as teams fall out of the race and stop playing hard defensively. Though there were definite spurts where both teams played a little defense tonight, in general both teams didn’t push too hard. (Well, except for OJ Mayo, who pushed way […]
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Introducing a new weekly Bourbon Street Shots podcast
Attention all members of the Bird Gang! In a recent reader poll there was one thing that dominated the answers like an Anthony Davis put-back. You want more podcasts and well, good people out there in Pelican Nation, we’re giving it to you. For the past year and a half, I’ve been posting a new […]