February 9th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Los Angeles Lakers - 30-21

Pels. Lakers. Tonight 👊

🏀: vs Lakers
🕤: 9:30 pm CT
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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) February 9, 2024

4 game win streak, including a win over the Clippers - who I have been informed in the past are one of the only teams that count - and we are now taking on the Lakers.

Lakers are currently 27-26, sitting at the 9th seed, and are 19th in Net Rating. Tonight is the second game of a back to back for them, as they lost last night to Denver, so hopefully we're catching them at a rest advantage (assuming our guys have used their off time wisely).

They've been .500 for a little while now, going 10-10 over their last 20 games and the last time we played them we won 129-109.

So we should be going into this game confident but not arrogant. This one is televised and the last time we played them on TV was back in December where we famously got thrashed; this should be seen as the redemption game, despite that win earlier in January.

Let's see if the guys can put together a 5th win in a row.

Any injury updates yet?


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Hope JV is back, we’ll need his rebounding

We are on Free TV tonight. Every Pelicans game should be on free tv. Gayle Benson and Adam Silver need to get head out of butts and ditch Ballys pay tv platform asap.

cant catch this game..our zulu ball is top billing..

go pels...

We need to wake up. Knock that smile off Davis face.

This is looking like a Vegas repeat. I hope I’m wrong.

Good fight back. Now keep this up

zion playing totally opposite to vegas game

We have been sloppy defensively so far..need the type of defense we had against the clips for this game

Griff on broadcast. Says he did not want to change regarding trade deadline.

russell doing a lot of talking

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Originally Posted by PaKwAn

We have been sloppy defensively so far..need the type of defense we had against the clips for this game

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We haven't been playing defense. Letting the Lakers play like this after they played last night is embarrassing.

must be so disheartening for zion with all the calls that he doesnt get

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Originally Posted by AussieHornet

zion playing totally opposite to vegas game

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You were saying?

We had a fabulous quarter offensively. On pace to score 148 points!!!

That was one of the worst things I have ever witnessed on a basketball court.

Is it any wonder why the Fakers are the most hated team by most fans?? It's the completely unfair advantage the league has mandated the refs give Labum and them at the FT line. What is called a foul for them is NEVER call against them. It's to the point that ANY misfortune that happens to the Fakers I'm completely fine with

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

You were saying?

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not sure what your point is?

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Originally Posted by AussieHornet

not sure what your point is?

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Scoreboard. Reminders of Vegas

Lakers had a 50+ Quarter. That's really solid.
Also yeah this is going to be a very high scoring game...

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Originally Posted by Fedupfan

That was one of the worst things I have ever witnessed on a basketball court.

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And 1 mix tape tour thought it was awful too

yeah its not as dire but at least zion is being aggressive

It's the the attitude they have " How dare you call a foul on Lebum James" That's why I will throw a party and celebrate the day he retires and not because playing against him is scary it's the ridiculous advantage the league give him

Lebron hooked up and under Dyson and initiated the entire thing.

It is what it is. Blow this off and move on to the next game.

lebron never fouls guys..refs always wrong

they really do let 23 get away with EVERYTHING. on both ends. it's disgusting.

That little punk Reeves talking ******** to Zion going into break?

I just can't with Dyson Daniels, in my mind there is no scenario where he should ever play more minutes than Trey.
I know he hit 2 threes tonight, mostly because they wanted him to take them. Great on him for making them.
The defense pays attention to Trey and does not want him to shoot, that alone creates space for everyone
..... and who is the great D of Daniels stopping ? I would rather see Jose.

we need cj and others to come in and hit the 3s

Trey with 3 shots in 17 minutes. He needs to let it fly or stay on the bench. He's not doing much else that helps.

Oh well at least we avoided an LA sweep :hihi: On to Portland.

- 17 personally and - 17 as a team; Max was responsible for all 17 and more...much more.

Just Sayin'

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- 17 personally and - 17 as a team; Max was responsible for all 17 and more...much more.

Just Sayin'

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Agreed the guy who gave us 30 points 9 rebounds 5 assist with 2 turnovers was definitely the problem! We could have won if only he hadn't been playing.

looking at the score card...all 5 lakers starters scored in double figures with each scoring 20pts or more and this was after playing the night before...im guessing Dlo and reeves won the game for them.....

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Agreed the guy who gave us 30 points 9 rebounds 5 assist with 2 turnovers was definitely the problem! We could have won if only he hadn't been playing.

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Two of our 'Top Three' were - 35. The other three starters were + 5. You can't lose your studs' minutes and expect to win; it just simply can't happen.

How bad must Max' defense be when he 'personally' scores 30 points and still finds that his team is - 17 in the 30+ minutes he played

SMH!!!

Of course after great win they played patheric Game like this. No HEART , no DEFENCE with Fakers playing B/B. #PelsLife

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Of course after great win they played patheric Game like this. No HEART , no DEFENCE with Fakers playing B/B. #PelsLife

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When the light shines brightest; a huge shadow on this team becomes more apparent. It happens all the time.

David Griffin couldn’t believe what he was watching. He was trying to be focused but you could hear the disappointment in his voice.

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David Griffin couldn’t believe what he was watching. He was trying to be focused but you could hear the disappointment in his voice.

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After watching us score 122 points and losing by 17, everyone should understand that the words 'Herb' and 'Dyson' will never even be considered in any of Griff's trade negotiations.

DEFENSE...DEFENSE...DEFENSE!!!

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Agreed the guy who gave us 30 points 9 rebounds 5 assist with 2 turnovers was definitely the problem! We could have won if only he hadn't been playing.

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Yeah, odd that he is the one someone singles out. Typical though. Entire team was terrible on defense. Odd that a team that likes to play with pace like the Pels are so slow to get back against another team that plays with pace.

Zion 30, Ingram 22, PJ 19, Those guys stepped up. Where was Trey Murphy, Jose , Nance, Dyson, Those guys cost us a lot of empty trips down the lane. If you're cold you need to pass the ball off to someone who is hitting. If Murphy isn't on he shouldn't be taking all the other players minutes because he is not defending wort a crap Willie also has some crazy rotations that cost us points.

Who would have 'thunk' that Dyson has a better Cumulative Plus/Minus (CPM) this year than Max and that Max's CPM is approximately 1/3 of what BI has?

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/pel...inus-this-year


Your 'studs' have to win their minutes.

DEFENSE...DEFENSE...DEFENSE!!!