You tell 'em Pistol!!
Leading scorer for the Pelicans was:
Jordan Hawkins and JV tied with 13.
Our 'Big 3' combined for 36 (12 apiece)
But according to some, Clippers defense didn't figure in the game.
LOL
A beatdown and on top of that a zion injury....
Yeah I'm pretty glad I sold me tix to this one. Flush it and move on.
We didn?t rebound and we shot 36 percent from the field (shot 40 percent from 3). I wasn?t able to watch but I can assume some of the lineups were bad. Hawkins plus 12 and only six minutes. Shouldn?t you reward the players that are lighting it up?
Were they garbage minutes? It would be weird otherwise
They had good ball movement in the first quarter. Then things went off the rails and it devolved into more of the old iso ball offense, which is especially ineffective with them double teaming BI. This was a good learning opportunity for the Pels, we havent seen double teams against BI a lot and they need to be better prepared for moving the ball in those situations.
clippers came to play and wanted a "scalp" they were switched on. pels not up for the fight unfortunately. any news on zion injury?
Where do we go from here, guys?
I have lost all confidence in this team...Again.
WHERE IS DAE WHEN I NEED HIM
i hope this is just a blip on the radar. I was sure we had turned the corner in the wolves game
the starters played good half way in the first with energy and had the lead...Westbrook came in and sparked the clippers and it was down hill from there.....
team just was out of it tonight...
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Heads up. Memphis putting clinics on now that Morant is back.
Pelicans are not the best team in the West. We learned that tonight.
If we have any chance to beat Clippers in 7 better hope Harden or George or Leonard or all of the all above don’t play.
As long as Morant is playing Memphis will jump back in playoff hunt. Won’t beat them in 7 either. Could not beat them in 2 .
This was exactly when we started are our free fall last season. Our schedule gets rough now.
This team got out coached as well.
They took away our only scoring threat with double team and dared someone else to beat them, and we failed to respond.
Not that we even have other offensive players to begin with.
Some will disagree. They will say it was the lack of Pelican offense and NOT the suffocating defense of the Clippers that resulted in last night's debacle.
I suppose all three of our 'so-called' Big Three all shot blanks last night at the same time all by themselves. You know what I mean, don't you? Our group of three is averaging over 72 points a game this year and last night, all by themselves, they only produced half of that (36 on 10 of 31 shooting). But, defense had nothing to do with it.
It looks like the gameplan to beat the Pelicans has been laid out for the league to follow, Take the ball out of BI's hands, watch CJ play ISO-Ball, and let the Big Guy do what he wants.
Point Guard, please!!
Sheesh!!
Desperately need a facilitator. Last night was a bit of an exposure that other teams will try and blueprint. I hope Willow has the answer. Fingers crossed.
Just in time for Pelicans game
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Bud , you simply don't get it. 1st Pete played on some really BAD teams and 1 player can't do it all. 2, When he played there was no 3pt line. if there was he would have been the better than Steph Curry. #rd you just refuse to understand that this is NOT the 90's NBA. ALL the rules and the way they call fouls are geared to the OFFENSE and having high-scoring games. It's 2024 C'mon bud. In today's game just 1 great shooter can pretty much take over a game NO MATTER how great a team is playing D.AND if they say " We're not gonna let him beat us " and double him if they have other good scorers it takes it easy for them to score at will. It's not football where a great D can win you a SB ( And that's not as true as it used to be) It's a shooters league and especially 3pt shooting . You can't win a ring without great shooting no matter how good your D is.
And happy NY to you as well
To be fair the celtics are also in the top 3 best offensive team rating this year.
Of the top 4 teams in the east the celtics and sixers are both in the top 10 in offense and defense while the bucks and knicks are in the top 10 in offense but didn't make it in the top 10 defensively.
The top 4 teams in the west the thunder nuggets and clips all got in the top 10 in both offense and defense while the wolves are the top defensive team in the league and didn't make the top 10 in offense.
Yet we demolished minny rather easily even with
us playing the 2nd day of a back 2 back. To be a contender though, teams should be good on both ends. Offense mainly matters in the regular season while defense is the key come playoff time.
And you are clueless about TODAY"S NBA. You still continue to think that poor shooting is good defense. And you cherry pick and choose the parameters to fit your agenda LOL whay don't you tell me where Boston is ranked on offense before you cherry pick your post You are stuck in the 90's I'll bet you still listen to grunge