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New Orleans Pelicans @ Phoenix Suns
The New Orleans Pelicans (7-18) look to take the season series against the Phoenix Suns (11-16) tonight in Phoenix, leaving just one game against them and on this road trip. The Pelicans are coming off a win against the short-handed Jazz, while the Suns are coming off a pair of road losses to (I hate) […]
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The Pelicans take down the Jazz
Well, I suppose my pessimism in the preview paid off as the Pelicans defeated the Jazz for their second road win of the season. While it wasn’t a perfect game for the Pelicans, they did a lot of things right. Look, it was only our 7th win of the season. It is worth celebrating. Here […]
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Game On: Pelicans at The Utah Jazz
The Pelicans are in Utah tonight to take on the Jazz, who are coming off a pretty rough week. They’ve dropped their last three, but they’ve had a tough schedule including two games against the Thunder. Then there was that game against San Antonio… Of course, they Jazz couldn’t hope for a better matchup tonight as […]
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Pelicans Lose to Pelicans for Trail Blazers
The New Orleans Pelicans fall to 6-18 in the 105-101 loss in Portland. It’d be easy to say that the Trail Blazers beat them, and they certainly played a part. Lillard, McCollum, and Henderson combined for 65 points on 40 shots (that’s incredible, by the way), while the rest of the Blazers scored 40 points […]
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New Orleans Pelicans @ Portland Trail Blazers
Tonight, the New Orleans Pelicans (6-17) play the Portland Trail Blazers (10-15) in Portland for the second and final time this season. The Trail Blazers lead the series 1-0, and given the teams’ relative positioning, a tie-breaker scenario could be important down the road. The game tips just after 9 pm CT (UTC -6), and […]
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New Orleans Pelicans’ New Lineup Wins
The New Orleans Pelicans (5-15) defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-108 in overtime at the Smoothie King Center. In the pregame post, I noted that rebounding would be a key, along with not only scoring efficiently, but also actually hitting baskets at a high rate generally. The Pelicans managed to succeed in both areas and came […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Hoping Against Cleveland Cavaliers
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight at the Smoothie King Center. The game coverage starts at 8:30 pm CT (UTC -6), and it’s being broadcast on the Pelicans Radio Network (99.5 FM locally), Fox Sports New Orleans, and ESPN. The Pelicans are starting Eric Gordon, Tyreke Evans, Alonzo Gee, Anthony Davis, and […]
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Pelicans work hard to cause bitterness
The Pelicans needed to tread water through the tough part of this schedule. They aren’t. Instead, they are tying lead weights to their feet, just to see what happens. Tonight, they showed another real cost of all the injuries and line-up uncertainties: these guys simply haven’t played together and when the pressure ratcheted up a little, […]
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Game On: Disappointment Bowl
Come one, come all, to watch the most disappointing teams in the west! The Rockets, pre-season Title Contenders, face off against the Pelicans, expectant 50-win Juggernaut! Or maybe it’s a team with a -6.1 point differential going up against another with a -7.4 point differential. In other words, teams that typically struggle to reach 50 wins when […]
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Another Frustrating Loss for the Pelicans
And this one started off so well. In the end, it didn’t matter as the Pelicans dropped their 14th game this season. Tonight, they lost 113-104 to the Memphis Grizzlies. For some perspective, here is the Pelicans scoring by quarter: 38, 27, 20, and 19. The Grizzlies, on the other hand, pulled out in front […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Lose Handily to Utah Jazz
The New Orleans Pelicans lost to the Utah Jazz to close out November, 101-87, in a fairly futile effort to close out their road trip and back-to-back. Davis played, 44 minutes in fact, as did Holiday, while Evans did not. Despite a great effort from Davis, the team came up short, and the game was […]
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New Orleans Pelicans @ Utah Jazz
The New Orleans Pelicans (4-12) try to recover from the loss last night to the Los Angeles Clippers by taking on the Utah Jazz (7-7) in Salt Lake City tonight at 8 CT (UTC -6). The game is on the Pelicans Radio Network (99.5 FM locally) and Fox Sports New Orleans. As players, the Jazz […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Return to Losing Ways
The New Orleans Pelicans fell to 4-12, ending their only winning streak of the season at length 3 and shoring up their 14th seed position in the Western Conference, 4 games behind 8th and 5 other teams in between that also need to be passed. Moreover, Anthony Davis took a couple tumbles on the game, […]
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New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Clippers
The New Orleans Pelicans (4-11) take on the Los Angeles Clippers (7-8) tonight in the Staples Center. The game starts at 9:30 CT (UTC -6), and is on the Pelicans radio network and Fox Sports New Orleans. The Pelicans are on a 3-game win streak and coming off their first win on the road. The […]
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Pelicans down Suns
The Pelicans handled that game with poise, absorbing the haymaker Brandon Knight threw in the first quarter and then working the Suns deliberately for the rest of the game. Despite the 20 points by Knight in the first quarter and the 39 total points scored by the Suns, the Pelicans were only down 2 at […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Suns
In the last game between these two teams, Gentry played Chandler straight up with Asik, and since Chandler was winning that battle in general, switched it up and went small. The result was Chandler having to defend on the perimeter, several fouls, and Chandler only getting 16 minutes. It will be interesting to see how […]
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For All the Wrong Reasons: Coaching Change
It’s been several weeks since the New Orleans Pelicans 2015 offseason action, for the most part, came and went. The offseason has been met with mixed reviews. I do think that the offseason is correctly judged as mixed: I see it as good from some perspectives, bad from others. On the surface, then, I agree […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Win Again
Boy, that sure overstates the situation, but I really don’t care. I enjoyed that game a ton. The New Orleans Pelicans soar to 2-11 after defeating the offseason darling San Antonio Spurs 104-90 in a game that may be as symbolically valuable as it is practically valuable. “It’s our best game, by far. It’s the […]
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The Pelicans fall to Thunder
I know they lost, but I enjoyed that game. Every Pelican available played, and every Pelican left everything they could on the floor. Had the Pelicans shot a little closer to their normal percentage from three or not had to deal with a 9 to 40 free throw attempt discrepency, they would have snuck away with […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Thunder
Alright, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is the Pelicans play again tonight. Against the Thunder. In OKC. And Anthony Davis’ status is unknown. And Cole, Evans, Pondexter, and Perkins are still out. And Jrue won’t play. And Asik was sick yesterday and so he was probably vomiting all over the […]