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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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Making Sense of Omer’s Minutes
As far as recent history goes, this past week wasn’t a bad one for Pelicans fans. Ryno looked better than ever, and AD went back to destroying worlds. Still, there was one lingering question. Where was Omer Asik? Well, he was on the bench. Why? It seems like some of that was answered in the […]
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Targets if Dell Really Does Want to Trade His First Round Pick
In theory, it’s simple. You put your first round pick on the block and teams come to you offer a bevy of veteran players who can help you win now and in the near future. In reality, though, you need to find the right team. A team that is both willing to sacrifice for the […]
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Silver Linings: Can Eric Gordon Actually Breakout This Season?
Last season Eric Gordon was a monster 3pt shooter, making 44.8% of his 3-pt attempts, just better than MVP Stephen Curry’s 44.3%. In terms of Catch and Shoot 3’s, Gordon was 2nd best in the league to Kyle Korver among players who took over 100. “Elite” is a word that is tossed around a lot these […]
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In the NO Ep 234: Look! Wins!
Michael and I are agog over the two wins. When there are so few of them, they become just so, so precious. We talk Anthony Davis’ sudden surge in energy, Ish Smith playing well, Anderson playing great, and the imminent return of Tyreke Evans. We also address Asik and Ajinca’s minutes, Holiday’s poor play and […]
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What’s the Plan With Asik and Ajinca?
July 1st, 2015 will be a day that every Pelicans fan remembers fondly, because it was the day that Anthony Davis agreed to a five-year extension to stay with the team for the forseeable future. What few remember, though, is it was on that very same day that the Pelicans locked up two other big […]
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Monster Night from Davis Gives Pelicans 2nd Straight Win
It’s official, y’all – Pelicans basketball is fun again. In a game that ended up being pretty close most of the way through, New Orleans protected their home court and held on to beat the Phoenix Suns 122-116. Anthony Davis led the way for the Pels, putting up a monster stat line of 32 points on 22 […]
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Game On: Phoenix Suns @ New Orleans Pelicans
Fresh off of their most impressive victory of the year (I know, there were a bunch to choose from), the Pelicans remain at home in the Blender for a match-up against the 7-5 Suns. Phoenix ranks in the top half of the league in both offensive and defensive rating, but they have made a living […]
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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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Game On: (1-11) Pelicans Host (9-1) Spurs
It just doens’t get any easier for the Pels. After a hard fought loss to the OKC Russell Westbrooks, the San Antonio Spurs roll into town riding a 6-game win streak. The Spurs have no player averaging more than 4.3 assists per game, yet they are second in the league in assists. With their new […]
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A Roll of The Dice
Settlers of Catan is a board game that involves both a strategical set up and the luck of the dice. To build the best colony, one has to build not only on the right resources, but also on the most abundant ones (this is determined by the roll of dice). Whenever a number is rolled, […]
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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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Looking for Silver Linings: Ryan Anderson
It gets annoying year after year to try and look for silver linings when you expected the Pelicans to be going for goddamn gold all season long. But here we are, watching what appears to be a pile of garbage slog its way to a 1-10 record. But despite all of that there are some […]
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Pelicans Drop Another Game Against the Nuggets
I really don’t know what else to say about this team. We can discount injuries and point out the other issues, but the fact of the matter is that some of the lineups we saw tonight won’t work in the NBA. It doesn’t matter what system you use or who’s the coach. There just wasn’t […]
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Game On: Denver @ Pelicans
The 5-5 Denver Nuggets are in New Orleans tonight to take on the… ugh, 1-9 Pelicans. The injuries have been bad, but things are starting to seem worse. While the West doesn’t seem as mighty as it once did, the Pelicans have dug themselves a considerable hole. Frankly, any team with Anthony Davis should expect […]