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Moleskin Moments: Pels Lose Double Overtime Thriller to the Nuggets
The Pels didn’t attack Ty Lawson as much on defense as they did in their 99-92 victory over the Nuggets earlier this month, with Evans nor Gordon attacking him on the block tonight. The Pels gave up 64 points in the paint, despite Davis’ nine blocks. The team also had 19 turnovers that led to […]
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Super Sunday Match-up: Denver Nuggets v. New Orleans
After playing seven games in ten nights, the New Orleans Pelicans (36-29) had four days off, and now return to action against the Denver Nuggets (25-41). The Nuggets currently lead the season series, 2-1, though New Orleans won the last meeting, 99-92, at Denver behind Tyreke Evans’ 22 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists. Evans, […]
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Recap: Pelicans Topple Nets
The New Orleans Pelicans thoroughly defeated the Brooklyn Nets 111-91. The win makes it three straight for New Orleans (5-2 over the last ten days, 9-2 over their last 11 games) and puts the Pelicans in a virtual tie with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the eighth and final playoff spot (the Pelicans hold the […]
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Game On: Pels Take On the Nets
Anthony Davis is a monster. And Pelicans continue to overcome injuries. They will have to do it one more time tonight, as Tyreke Evans is shelved for tonight’s game after twisting his ankle last night against the Milwaukee Bucks. The injury comes as the Pels wrap up a difficult stretch of playing seven games in […]
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My House of Cards’ Inspired Case for Tyreke Evans
Spoiler Alert House of Cards fans* “Imagination is its own form of courage,” Frank Underwood states coolly to us before turning back toward author Thomas Yates. They are in discussion of the content of his soon-to-be written novel on Frank’s presidency. Underwood is talking about his self-proclaimed bold and revolutionary new jobs program that […]
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Moleskin Moments: Pelicans Out-Ugly Nuggets for the Win
The Pelicans have been finding ways to win since Jrue Holiday reaggravted his injury, and Anthony Davis and Ryan Anderson both went down against Miami. Winning home games when role players like Luke Babbitt and Alexis Ajinca are having career nights is one thing. Winning on the road when none of those new rotation players […]
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New Orleans Pelicans v. Denver Nuggets
The New Orleans Pelicans are about to play five games in seven nights; and the first game has the makings of being a “trap” game. The Pelicans play the Denver Nuggets at 7 pm tonight. New Orleans goes into Denver having won four straight without Anthony Davis, Ryan Anderson or Jrue Holiday. Meanwhile, the Nuggets […]
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Pelicans Passing to Wins
On January 19th, the New Orleans Pelicans were 20-21 after losing in disappointing fashion to the New York Knicks. Since that game, the Pelicans have won six of seven, easily their most productive stretch of the season, and are one game back of the Phoenix Suns for the 8th and final playoff spot. The Pelicans […]
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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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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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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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Why Anthony Davis Needs More Touches
I’m not going to lie, it’s weird being upset about an offense ranked 8th in the Association. With the Pelicans’ defense coming in at 7th worst a lot of people would rather we focus our efforts discussing that. But with the team underachieving (most likely; it depends on your expectations) everything should be on the […]
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Notes From the Underground: New Orleans Pelicans Practice 12.29
The New Orleans Pelicans practiced today, after splitting a back-to-back against two championship contenders in the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs over the weekend. Tomorrow, the Pelicans will host the Phoenix Suns, who are winners of six straight and are currently holding the 8th and final playoff spot out West (and are two games […]
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Time for a Change in the Starting Lineup?
After the injury to Eric Gordon, Coach Monty Williams untimately settled on a Pelicans starting lineup of Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Luke Babbitt, Anthony Davis, and Omer Asik. The prevailing idea, here, was to find a way to still effectively space the floor for guys like Tyreke and Jrue to have room to get into the […]
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Tyreke Evans and the Elusive Free Throw Line
In almost every way, Tyreke Evans is producing at the same high level this season that he reached last year. From a statistical perspective, Evans’ rebounds, assists, and steals are down ever so slightly from last season, and his blocks and turnovers are pretty much the same; hardly enough in total to cause concern over […]
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Moleskin Moments: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Indiana Pacers 12.23
Pelicans lost 96-84 against the Indiana Pacers, in the kind of game they can’t afford to give up. It was the Pelicans’ seventh straight loss against the Pacers. In an unimportant stat for the day, David West has never lost against New Orleans. The Pelicans saw no ball movement, and the Pacers were able to […]
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Notes from the Underground: New Orleans Pelicans Practice 12.19
After last night’s 99-90 road victory against the Houston Rockets, the New Orleans Pelicans had a short practice in preparation of tomorrow night’s home game against the Portland Trailblazers. Since last night, Tyreke Evans has had a MRI that’s revealed he has a bone bruise. Evans was seen taking jumpshots after practice. Monty Williams on […]
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Moleskin Moments: Golden State Warriors vs. New Orleans Pelicans 12.14
The Golden State Warriors have been red-hot, led by Stephen Curry, who has been on video game mode for what feels like an eternity. With the New Orleans Pelicans short Anthony Davis, this wasn’t expected to be a close game, despite the recent impressive win against the Cleveland Cavaliers. But the Pelicans played a good […]
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Tyreke Evans and Small Sample Sizes (Revisited)
About a month ago, I wrote a post titled Tyreke Evans and Small Sample Sizes. The point of that piece was to show what problems come with small sample sizes and exactly why we should be wary of them. I used Tyreke Evans’ poor shooting at the rim over the first 8 games of the […]