27th November - New Orleans Pelicans VS Los Angeles Lakers - 6-11

Hayes in!

And now JVG is railing against load management.

This is the worst broadcast team of all time. They've so far talked about everything BUT the game. They've talked about Zion, they've talked about the AD trade, they've talked about Lebron's claims of being called washed, they've talked about how tall JVG is, they've talked about load management, but they have not yet once talked about the game.

Now JVG is talking about the dropping ratings. Maybe the ratings are dropping because every show on TV is being commentated on by ignorant blow hard morons who don't care about the game and only exist to insult it and talk about themselves.

*Press mute*

What they are doing out there?

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Originally Posted by Taker597

We aren't playing the Clippers. That was last weekend.

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That is your opinion but I’m going off of rankings. Lakers are the best team in the NBA right now and people really wanna complain? Get over it

All the Lakers have on us are bullies on the inside. If we can address that even a bit, we should be able to hold on

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Originally Posted by Fedupfan

I know you and Gentry are related. No offense, but he sucks.

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I know Gentry stole your gf but we are winning

Jrue just blew up a Lebron/AD entry pass twice in a row. Expert.

Holiday in the streets Kenny Hustle in the sheets!

Our plan was to keeps Guards/SmallForwards on Davis? Man I can't wait till Favors & Zion are back.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Not trying to be rude to anyone, but asking BI to guard Dwight is the stupidest thing I've seen all season.

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Hoo boy. That was a rough stretch that cost us our momentum

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Originally Posted by Taker597

*Press mute*

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Amen.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

Hoo boy. That was a rough stretch that cost us our momentum

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Not just that, but Gentry played that rotation (only sub being to switch out one guard for another at one point) for about 6 minutes. Just awful awful awful coaching.

We actually have a sensible lineup on the court right now so if we can get the lead up a little by half time that would be nice

Jrue puts the stop on Lebron, goes coast to coast and drops the little runner in off the glass on offense.

Champion.

Hayes just tried to end Howard's existence.

25 in the first half by Jrue. Wow

JRUE SINKS A THREE OVER AD

HE HAS 25

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

Hayes just tried to end Howard's existence.

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In 18 months, he'll have the lower body strength to finish that.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Not just that, but Gentry played that rotation (only sub being to switch out one guard for another at one point) for about 6 minutes. Just awful awful awful coaching.

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Yea we need you! Lmao

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

In 18 months, he'll have the lower body strength to finish that.

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Sweet dear LORD does he need to stay fully healthy. Don't need him rehabbing to avoid getting them gains in his core and lower body.

We have injuries people! Quit complaining about lineups when we have no choice! They are loaded with bigs and we aren’t. We have to beat them a different way

Great 1st half! Went by quick

I'll take a 10 point lead at halftime

I will absolutely take being up 10 at the half. Could have been more, but I like it.

Jrue has played 18 minutes, and he has 25 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, is shooting 66% from the floor and 100% from 3 (4-4), and has been the best player on the court for either side.

Watch out though: we're shooting 60% from 3 and they're shooting 20%. Odds are we're going to come back down to earth a little in the second half and they might warm up. Need to have better defense overall to compensate.

Ten point lead. I'll take it.

Gentry deserves an immense amount of praise.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I will absolutely take being up 10 at the half. Could have been more, but I like it.

Jrue has played 18 minutes, and he has 25 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, is shooting 66% from the floor and 100% from 3 (4-4), and has been the best player on the court for either side.

Watch out though: we're shooting 60% from 3 and they're shooting 20%. Odds are we're going to come back down to earth a little in the second half and they might warm up. Need to have better defense overall to compensate.

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LoL could have been more? Seriously? Couldn’t they be playing much better? Ridiculous! You stated how incredible we are shooting and how bad they are.. but we should have more? Lol

No. Only downvotes for Gentry

Dwight is pushing Hayes under the goal after a FT attempt. I can't wait till he bulks up a little. :)

If only we had Monty we would be up by 15!

Per @ESPNStatsInfo: Jrue Holiday is the first Pelicans player with at least 25 points and 5 assists in a half since Chris Paul in 2009.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) November 28, 2019

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I will absolutely take being up 10 at the half. Could have been more, but I like it.

Jrue has played 18 minutes, and he has 25 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, is shooting 66% from the floor and 100% from 3 (4-4), and has been the best player on the court for either side.

Watch out though: we're shooting 60% from 3 and they're shooting 20%. Odds are we're going to come back down to earth a little in the second half and they might warm up. Need to have better defense overall to compensate.

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Yeah and Jah needs to stay out of foul trouble

Ftlog, Ingram needs to be on Davis at least every other possession or two. This would be a 18+ point lead if we didn’t have a 6’6 G/F allowing Davis to drop 27 in the 1H, half of the Lakers points

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

Ten point lead. I'll take it.

Gentry deserves an immense amount of praise.

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If we win this game, sure. Still another half to go. The guys look up for it tonight

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

And now JVG is railing against load management.

This is the worst broadcast team of all time. They've so far talked about everything BUT the game. They've talked about Zion, they've talked about the AD trade, they've talked about Lebron's claims of being called washed, they've talked about how tall JVG is, they've talked about load management, but they have not yet once talked about the game.

Now JVG is talking about the dropping ratings. Maybe the ratings are dropping because every show on TV is being commentated on by ignorant blow hard morons who don't care about the game and only exist to insult it and talk about themselves.

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Somehow, you need to listen to the radio broadcast. Todd Graffagnini is radio gold. Unashamed homer. Totally biased. It's like he's a fan.

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Originally Posted by SonOfNOLA

Ftlog, Ingram needs to be on Davis at least every other possession or two. This would be a 18+ point lead if we didn’t have a 6’6 G/F allowing Davis to drop 27 in the 1H, half of the Lakers points

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He's not strong enough to guard AD on the block, bad idea.. I'm a big Ingram supporter but I hated that half of basketball from him.. He was clearly passive and taking really dumb 3 point shots.

When Favors does come back, it wouldn’t hurt to keep him on a minutes restriction. We need him on the court, but we also need him to stay healthy. We have too many decent bigs not to give him some rest. I honestly felt that rushing him back with that tight hamstring was silly, and it showed in his play.

Wanna point out that while Jaxson has had obvious struggles (he is just not strong enough yet to really stop Dwight, for example) he's only picked up 1 foul and has had several good defensive plays in his 10 minutes so far, including an early block, an early vertical contest on McGee that forced the miss, and some decent hedging and screening.

Good game so far for the rookie, even though he's clearly a little out of his depth.

Pels need another Big badly.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

When Favors does come back, it wouldn’t hurt to keep him on a minutes restriction. We need him on the court, but we also need him to stay healthy. We have too many decent bigs not to give him some rest. I honestly felt that rushing him back with that tight hamstring was silly, and it showed in his play.

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Agreed. Keep him to 20, maybe 25 minutes at first and go from there.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Wanna point out that while Jaxson has had obvious struggles (he is just not strong enough yet to really stop Dwight, for example) he's only picked up 1 foul and has had several good defensive plays in his 10 minutes so far, including an early block, an early vertical contest on McGee that forced the miss, and some decent hedging and screening.

Good game so far for the rookie, even though he's clearly a little out of his depth.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

When Favors does come back, it wouldn’t hurt to keep him on a minutes restriction. We need him on the court, but we also need him to stay healthy. We have too many decent bigs not to give him some rest. I honestly felt that rushing him back with that tight hamstring was silly, and it showed in his play.

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I’m curious as to how long it may be. The poor guy has had a rough couple weeks and now his mom passed away. Basketball should take a backseat.

AD has 27 points in the first half and his team's down double digits.

He's gonna go for 45 in a loss at the Smoothie King Centre. Just like old times.

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Originally Posted by Fedupfan

Pels need another Big badly.

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gotta be getting close to Zion's debut right?

2 - 3 weeks max?

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Originally Posted by WildlifeAirGrp

Somehow, you need to listen to the radio broadcast. Todd Graffagnini is radio gold. Unashamed homer. Totally biased. It's like he's a fan.

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Maybe because he is? I mean, he was Tulane's PBP for all sports for the past 20 years.

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Originally Posted by rt0307

gotta be getting close to Zion's debut right?

2 - 3 weeks max?

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I'm pretty sure 8 weeks goes to December 13th or so, so 6 weeks would be basically this weekend. So yeah, like 2 or 3 weeks.

I said it before the game Kenny would be a huge problem. We don’t have anyone who can match up well with AD at the 4. Using Ingram would probably be better than Kenny but still not a good option

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Originally Posted by rt0307

gotta be getting close to Zion's debut right?

2 - 3 weeks max?

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Yep. He can probably start getting into shape this week or next

Oop, refs just noticed Pels had a big who wasn't in foul trouble, so they'll just call another one for nothing

We need Ingram for Lebron and offense. Guarding AD would wear him out