we're gonna give up 50 in a quarter. stellar.
we're gonna give up 50 in a quarter. stellar.
How the h3ll do you give up 50 in a quarter?
Really disgusting defense early on, prompted by giving them so many shots off turnovers as well.
Second quarter has to look very different or else we're just gonna get another Clippers game.
Cannot be down double digits at the half.
Wow...what a hot mess. Somebody could actually score 200 on us.
Sure just leave the due who's crushing you ALONE on the arc. Just like Gentry taught ya.
We shot 73% from the field, 71% from 3, scored 39.
They shot 82% from the field, 87% from 3, scored 49.
Obviously we're down, that sucks, but both teams have been so bad defensively this first quarter.
Okay... 49 point QTR and 19 point by Bog in a qtr has to be our new franchise worst record of the week, right?
Considering that we are only down 10 points. I know this is a crazy game
JJs ability to hit off balance/leaning threes so consistently.. Theres no one else like him
Honestly shocked Bogdanovic missed that half court shot
49 points in the quarter is a new Pelicans record for most points given up in a quarter
And they get the roll
This is just bad. Feels like King just caught fire and our passive defense ain't doing anything to cool them off.
Frank slips in transition. Turnover.
That's yet another slip on these floors.
It be nice if can capitalize on steals more than 1/3rd of the time.
Big flop from Giles and now he's jawing about it lol
Wow. The refs actually get a memorial call right.
We're only down 9 with 9 left in the quarter. Could easily get this down to a one possession game by the half, and then suddenly things are winnable.
Just need to actually defend.
Play Frank Jackson in an important game, bruhhh. This is the game where players need to start cracking 35+ minutes.
I guess it's better than Moore, I suppose
Zion and Ingram need to touch the ball every position...
Also Melli doesn't have freaking shot.
Zion makes a great pass to Melli. Melli doesn't shoot it, passes it up.
Zion gets super deep post position. Nobody passes it, they just watch.
This is what's annoying me. Early in the season we complained so much about how little Melli was providing. Then after Christmas he started firing and we all changed our minds cause he can actually shoot and he was doing great.
Since coming back into the bubble, he's been gun shy again.
This has been mad entertaining nonetheless
I wish Josh Hart was like 6'8".
3 point game.
Much better defensively. Still getting what we want on offense.
15-4 run, says Joel.
This is what we can do. We've played some decent defense on a few of these last possessions, and we can score at will. No reason we shouldn't be in control of this game, it's just a case of putting the foot down.
We need ot live at the FT line now.
The 88 points combined scored in the first quarter of this game is the 3rd highest 1st quarter total in NBA history.
The two games that scored more?
89 points by the Nuggets and Warriors in January of 2019
91 points by the Nuggets and Jazz in April of 1982
Someone guard this LOSER Bogdanovic.
STOP PLAYING FRANK JACKSON
Favors may not be able to do much, but he can clean the glass well.
So... Death by Frank Jackson is the new Death by Moore.
Just cannot shrink the lead. We've got it down to between 4 and 7 and now it just keeps hovering there. Need to push it. Defense, please.
Just smack the ball out of the cylinder and no goaltend, refs?
Score 77-70 at the end of the half.
It's a winnable game still but we need to be consistent. Right now we're having bursts where the lead closes to 4 and it's looking good and then Jrue will sit or something and then we'll lose it.
I like griffin.
However... if he does not fire Gentry.... he has to go.
This team is incapable of playing team defense.
They have to move on from Lonzo.
I said Gentry must do that on purpose. These are desperate times. You have to trust one of your main players with 2 fouls. Zion is 20 years old, yet they continue to treat him like he's 45.
And to come out so unprepared yet again. The offseason coaching changes cant get here fast enough.
First half stats
Lonzo: 5 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists. 2/3 shooting
Jrue: 11 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists, 1 steal. 5/6 shooting
Ingram: 11 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists. 3/7 shooting
Zion 11 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists. 4/4 shooting
Favors 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist. 3/4 shooting.
Frank: 5 points, 1 rebound. 1/5 shooting