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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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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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Nothing But a Good Time
In just under 20 hours, the New Orleans Pelicans will be in the 2015 NBA Playoffs, or the New Orleans Pelicans will not be in the 2015 NBA Playoffs. In either case, there’s plenty of time to discuss why the one that will happen actually happened. I’m sure it will be wonderful when those articles […]
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On the Fly, Episode 16: Spurs!
Jake and I are privileged to welcome Jesse Blanchard of BBallBreakdown to talk about the Spurs, who are currently annihilating everyone in their path. This is a BIG game. Follow Jesse! Follow @blanchardJRB
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In the NO Podcast Ep 213: All the Marbles
One game. San Antonio. New Orleans. At home. For. All. The. Marbles. Unless the Pelicans win, in which case there are more marbles, and Golden State will come and try to take them from us. Jerks. We talk San Antonio, a little bit about the team and this really fun playoff race. Enjoy the Podcast! […]
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The Win’s the Thing and One More to Go
In the end you knew it was going to shake out like this. There wasn’t going to be any other way. The Pelicans took care of business tonight against the Timberwolves–after a sluggish start–by the score of 100-88. And that’s all we need to say about the game because the Thunder did their job, beating the […]
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Pelicans Lose a Battle, but not the War!
Despite leading at the break, the Pelicans couldn’t hold on in the 2nd half and they fell to the Houston Rockets 121-114. The first half the Pelicans played about as well as they could have hoped, leading by 10 at one point. It seemed they had an answer for every Rocket run. The ball was […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Rockets
So it comes down to this. With just 3 games left the Pelicans remain neck and neck with the Oklahoma City Thunder as the season comes down to a photo finish for the two playoff-hopefuls; and right now, the Pels have their noses out in front. The next hurdle comes in the form of a […]
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Pelicans Scoop – The Final Playoff Push
Some of the Bourbon Street Shots writers discuss five key questions heading into the Pelicans’ final three games of the regular season, tied with the Thunder for the 8th and final playoff spot. 1) Other than Anthony Davis, who has been the biggest key to the Pelicans’ recent push to sneak into the playoffs? Mason […]
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Pelicans Defeat Suns in Jrue Holiday’s Return
Jrue Holiday came back, and of course Anthony Davis had to get hurt almost immediately after #11 stepped on the court. Could it have possibly gone any other way for this snakebitten team? Of course not, but thankfully AD got cleared and returned in the 4th quarter, leading the Pelicans to a 90-75 victory. Despite […]
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Game On: Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Pelicans
There is no way around it, with the playoffs in sight, the is a must win for the New Orleans Pelicans. There are two brutal games left on the Pelicans schedule with Houston and San Antonio coming up, so New Orleans has to take care of business against the teams they should beat to have […]
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Anthony Davis needs a Wingman
It’s possible that Dell Demps is going to accept that his vision for this team will never be well and truly tested. Major injuries to Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon, prickly little ones to Anthony Davis, and a brutal recurring injury to Jrue Holiday have made it near impossible to judge if the team he built […]
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All Aboard the Run It Back Train
“I do think that consistency in an organization is critical. If you want to have a chance to have success you have to have consistency; and it is consistency at the top management level, at the ownership level, but really the coach, I think, very much needs to build around a core group of key players […]