November 17th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Denver Nuggets - 5-6

In-Season Tourney play continues at The Blender tonight!

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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) November 17, 2023

Full injury report:

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Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado (right ankle sprain) has been listed as doubtful for the first time this season for the matchup. Guard C.J. McCollum (right lung small pneumothorax), Trey Murphy III (left knee partial meniscectomy) and Larry Nance Jr. (right rib fracture) remain listed as out with injury. Forward E.J. Liddell remains on assignment in the G-League with the Birmingham Squadron.

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who coaching tonight?..

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Originally Posted by 6warddude

who coaching tonight?..

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Willie Green is back.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Willie Green is back.

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thanks.....

i dont want to be that dude but i hope we see the same fun, high energy and all out hustling team that we saw tuesday......

Never take these uniforms off.

Poor Joel is so used to us collapsing that he is randomly saying "now we gotta get some stops" when we're up by 8 in the 1st. Lol

Just joined watching a bit late, see Zion hit a 3. That's cool.

Jonas 4/6 is nice too.

Need to start hitting some 3s - and taking more, frankly - but this starting lineup was always going to struggle with that. Need some Hawkins minutes.

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

Poor Joel is so used to us collapsing that he is randomly saying "now we gotta get some stops" when we're up by 8 in the 1st. Lol

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To be fair they were just spamming back cuts or simple cuts and we couldn't stop it

Most dramatic turnover of the season? :hihi:

And then the Nuggets just pass it to BI

I have to just assume the game was looking better before I started watching

Nuggets look terrible right now

ZION - MATT RYAN DHO

This is not an alarm. We ran the JJ Redick/Zion DHO with Matt Ryan. It happened.

So imagine that screen and drive by Zion/Matt Ryan, except instead of Matt Ryan going into the paint it's Trey Murphy. Okay good.

Dyson is playing fantastically right now, man. He looks great and has done for several games.

Hawkins!

He's now made a 3 in his first 12 NBA games consecutively. Looking good.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Dyson is playing fantastically right now, man. He looks great and has done for several games.

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Yes he has..i criticized him during the start of the season but he has bounced back and has been really solid for the past few games.

Herb da goat

Redemption half, here we come!

16 point lead at the half, I'll take it.

Zion and JV game so far

It will be interesting to see Willie try to get minutes for 3M3, GTA, CJ, and Nance when they return. I hope the Dyson loses none.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

16 point lead at the half, I'll take it.

Zion and JV game so far

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Zion, JV, and the 2 guys getting them the ball in the right spots so far.

Zion took a wide open 3 and made it. I'm happy he simply took it.

I hope the coaches have the guts to leave this starting lineup as is when CJ gets back in. I love the fact that defensively we start the game by punching our opponent in the mouth.

Oh and congrats to the ref for calling Reggie Jackson’s BS at the end of the half there.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

16 point lead at the half, I'll take it.

Zion and JV game so far

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I love what Dyson is doing as well. He’s getting a lot more confident as a playmaker. Putting him with Herb takes so much pressure off of Herb to cover up for everyone’s mistakes.

Keep the clamps on Jokic. He is gonna complain like a big baby in the 2nd half. Watch!

I like seeing BI hit that spot up three