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AD’s Flight Academy Rolls Through Fulton Alley
For the second time in the past couple of weeks, the New Orleans Pelicans have made news for bowling. This time, the bowling is following wins, not preceding them. And this time, Ryan Anderson and Anthony Davis were not the focal point of the event. Flight Academy”, is a monthly series of community events that […]
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Moleskin Moments: New Orleans Pelicans defeat the Dallas Mavericks 1.25.15
This is the biggest win of the season for the New Orleans Pelicans thus far. The 109-106 win is the third in a row for the Pelicans (their longest winning streak of the season.) It snaps a 9-game losing streak that the team had going against the Dallas Mavericks. The team is now two games […]
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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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Anthony Davis Named 2015 NBA All-Star Game Starter
The New Orleans Pelicans have an All-Star for the second year in a row, and this time he’s starting. Anthony Davis is a starting forward for the West in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game. This is a huge honor for the team and for Davis, especially in just his third season. Press Release New Orleans […]
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On the Fly, Episode 9: Timberrrrrrr-wolves
Jake and I are privileged to welcome Zach Bennett from CanisHoopus and Hardwood Paroxysm to discuss the upcoming Pelicans-Timberwolves game. Zach drops some TWolves knowledge, I confidently predict a Pelicans victory, and Jake may or may not be holding a small cat hostage in his home. There are some minor hiccups in the beginning, but […]
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A Note on the Pelicans Ownership Succession Plan
Last evening, Jeff Duncan, in a very detailed piece, reported that the succession plan for New Orleans Pelicans and New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has changed. You can read Jeff’s piece to get more details about what was, but I’ll remind you of what is and give the short of what will be, per […]
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Pelicans Snap Out of It, Defeat Lakers
The Pelicans defeated the Lakers to climb back to .500 for the 10000000th time this season. The win was driven by an excellent Anthony Davis performance in his first night back from injury. AD overcame a slow start and finished the night with 29 points on 11-18 shooting, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. […]
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Game On: Pelicans vs. Lakers
The New Orleans Pelicans return home to face the Lakers tonight on the heels of an extremely disappointing road trip, as they dropped games against the cellar-dwelling Celtics, 76ers, and New York Knicks. But tonight offers another chance to take advantage of an easy matchup; the question, quite obviously, is whether the Pelicans can take […]
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Monty Williams: Difference or Indifference?
The New Orleans Pelicans’ season up to this point has been mindbogglingly mediocre and middling . . . or just south of that. Their record is 20-21, as close to 0.500 as mathematically possible . . . but just shy They’ve beaten some good teams, lost to bad ones . . . but the losses […]
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Pelicans Are The Pelicans, Lose To The Knicks 99-92
Were you expecting something else? The Pelicans streak of alternating wins and losses continues with a bad road loss against a 5 win Knicks team. A team that has lost 16 straight games. Two nights after losing to the nearly-openly tanking 76ers. A few nights after losing to a Celtics team which may not win […]
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Breaking Down the Tyreke Evans Game Winner
Last night, after Tyreke Evans won the game for the New Orleans Pelicans, I saw a lot of people saying on Twitter saying it wasn’t a good look. That Evans ran into four Toronto Raptors’ defenders. And that it was kind of lucky. I’ve given Evans a lot of flak this season over what I […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Knicks
In typical 2014-15 Pelicans fashion, New Orleans followed up arguably their ugliest loss of the year in Philly with one of their most impressive victories of the season last night in Toronto. 24 hours later, they’ll square off with the one Eastern Conference team which boasts a worse record than the 76ers – the New […]
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Moleskin Moments: New Orleans Pelicans @ Toronto Raptors
The New Orleans Pelicans had one of their most impressive wins of the season against the Toronto Raptors, pulling away with a 95-93 victory off of a Tyreke Evans slingshot layup. The game was indicative of New Orleans season, as they played at times fantastic and porous. But despite being outscored by 21 in the […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Raptors
The New Orleans Pelicans are coming off their most disappointing loss of the season. The Pelicans will try to regroup in Toronto against the Raptors, the best team they will face on this road trip. The Raptors (26-13), are coming off a disappointing 21-point home loss to the streaking Atlanta Hawks. Raptors’ star DeMar DeRozan […]
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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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The Pelican Playoff Hunt – Gaining Ground in The West
It’s been a full week since the last installment of the Pelican playoff chase and not much has changed. There has been some very intriguing events to note across the four teams battling hard for the 7th and 8th seeds to the playoffs. If you haven’t already, please make sure you check out Chris Romaguera’s […]
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Pelicans’ Chance to Curb Their Road Woes
Roadtrips are often looked at as a time when basketball teams can gel together. Find their own. They spend days at a time on the road, away from the comfort and distractions of home. Just the team. Us against the world. The San Antonio Spurs use their annual rodeo road trip as a platform to […]
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Pelicans Outplay Pistons from Start to Finish in 105-94 Victory
With Jrue Holiday out with an injured ankle, the New Orleans Pelicans trotted out a starting lineup of Evans, Gordon, Cunningham, Davis, and Asik. This decision was an interesting one, as there is little data from this season to support the notion that it would be good defensively or at spacing the floor. Seven minutes later, Anthony Davis […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Pistons
Tonight, the New Orleans Pelicans continue their Eastern Conference road trip with a stop in Detroit to take on a revitalized Pistons team after the release of Josh Smith. A team that was an abysmal 5-23 before parting ways with Smith, has gone an incredible 9-1 since that point, including wins on the road in Cleveland, San Antonio, […]