December 25th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Miami Heat - 1-0

This first half is gonna be a nightmare in film session.

If so many of you hate so many aspects of this team on THE SCOND GAME of the season... find a new team.

Y?all are so unrealistic and depressing!

People were already calling BI?s contract trash during the last game. What a joke!

Here's the funny thing... We'll cut it down to 10 or less in the second half.

They just can't miss.

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Originally Posted by HartOfaPelican

If so many of you hate so many aspects of this team on THE SCOND GAME of the season... find a new team.

Y?all are so unrealistic and depressing!

People were already calling BI?s contract during the last game. What a joke!

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I doubt anyone hates this team or the aspects. Just fans being fans. Critiquing and what not.

Running the offense through Zion
.. bout time

At this rate Zion and Ingram are going to have to play 40 Mims for us to stay competitive.

Can't believe Zion wiffed that lob, but he put it back :hihi:

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

I doubt anyone hates this team or the aspects. Just fans being fans. Critiquing and what not.

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It’s the second game. People want Zo gone. BI is apparently trash with a bad contact.

So many dumb and exaggerated posts.

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

At this rate Zion and Ingram are going to have to play 40 Mims for us to stay competitive.

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This is kind of why I want NAW to play a good portion of minutes. I think he's our X-Factor.

Zion has 16pts and 7rbds on 60% shooting in 17 minutes.

Bledsoe has 2pts on 1/6 shooting in 14 minutes.

For some reason, we have been opting to run offense through the second guy instead of the first. Weird.

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Originally Posted by HartOfaPelican

It’s the second game. People want Zo gone. BI is apparently trash with a bad contact.

So many dumb and exaggerated posts.

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Can't always respond to nonsense lol. I just leave it be.

The effort Zion is giving out there is special

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Zion has 16pts and 7rbds on 60% shooting in 17 minutes.

Bledsoe has 2pts on 1/6 shooting in 14 minutes.

For some reason, we have been opting to run offense through the second guy instead of the first. Weird.

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Bledsoe hasent been on the court in 15 minutes.....

Get Zion the ball going downhill. He either scores or gets fouled. It works.

FT's gone kill us.

Low-IQ passing.

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

FT's gone kill us.

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We're 12/15 from the line so far, 80%.

Turnovers and open 3's were the problem against the Raptors.

12-3 run! nice

Zion really going for it right now

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

We're 12/15 from the line so far, 80%.

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Kudos. I just dislike missing both FT's

Bailout Bledsoe. Hey, take two free throws.

Bledsoe smh...

Bledsoe off his game today.

Ingram nailed that, cold shot

Bledsoe ends first and second quarters orchestrating bad last-shot possessions.

Bledsoe. What are you doing. Run the clock and make a pass to a guy buried in the corner by a defender.

Need more Zo and Ingram running the offense in the second half.

I'll give Bledsoe time to gel. However I never really liked his game at the Clippers or Bucks. I hope he turns it around with us and changes my mind.

6 3's in 1 half. Robinson is the definition of a knock down shooter. We might want to find him in the 2nd half.

Bledsoe is a really C- decision maker

Why is Bledsoe the first option on this team rn? Why is BI standing in the corner at the end of that possession? Head scratching.

Stan has got to teach these guards to be smarter. Why do you reject the screen and go to Hart last second?

Nobody is training coaches on the floor anymore.

Well the first half is gonna make a hell of a film session

NAW should play more. Bledsoe is just not a good facilitator. The ball stops moving and he doesn’t create the best shot selection.

Oh and Zo would have done something even dumber. Guards these days are only taught to run like headless chickens these days.

End of the half, starters statlines

Zion: 16pts, 7rbds, 1 stl - 6/10 shooting (60%)
Ingram: 16pts, 1rbd, 2asts - 3/7 shooting (42.9%) [lots of FTs though]
Adams: 6pts, 5rbds, 1stl - 3/3 shooting
Lonzo: 6pts, 1rbd, 5asts - 2/3 shooting (66.6%)
Bledsoe: 2pts, 5asts - 1/6 shooting (16.7%)

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

Well the first half is gonna make a hell of a film session

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That's the bright side. Tons to learn from.

On the bright side, lonzo hasn't played terrible. Couple of questionable moves/decisions, but I like most of what I've seen from him.

I?m very disappointed with the way our bench handled the pressure and trapping from Miami when they went on that run. It translated to the defensive end as well and we kept leaning off of those corner 3?s. Starters were fine. We need to make big adjustments in the 2nd. We can?t let our bench lose the game for us here.

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

On the bright side, lonzo hasn't played terrible. Couple of questionable moves/decisions, but I like most of what I've seen from him.

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I agree! A few absolute facepalm moments but otherwise generally solid.

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Originally Posted by REALCHRISM

NAW should play more. Bledsoe is just not a good facilitator. The ball stops moving and he doesn’t create the best shot selection.

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Yeah he isn’t having his best game by a mile. Maybe we should run the offense through someone else, particularly when some of our starters are out.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

I?m very disappointed with the way our bench handled the pressure and trapping from Miami when they went on that run. It translated to the defensive end as well and we kept leaning off of those corner 3?s. Starters were fine. We need to make big adjustments in the 2nd. We can?t let our bench lose the game for us here.

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Melli and Hayes we're major liabilities with the bench. Still wonder where NAW has been? Or even Kira for a few minutes. Maybe they can facilitate a bit better than JUST trying to create for JJ.

Decent half.

Positives: Zion being aggressive on offense
Adams getting those easy buckets when they are smaller out there. Like seeing him and Zo run the pick & roll
Ingram making some big shots
Uniforms - I may be in the minority, but I like them

Negatives: giving up too many easy layups on defense
Leaving Robinson wide open on the 3 point line (6 3s!)
Zo making head scratching plays as usual
Bled looking pretty terrible on both sides the court
Free throws for Zion

Hopefully the percentages catch up to the Heat and they don?t make every 3 they take in the 2nd half

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Originally Posted by luckyman

Oh and Zo would have done something even dumber. Guards these days are only taught to run like headless chickens these days.

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like how we are bashing Zo for hypothetical plays now.

From @ESPNStatsInfo: The Miami Heat hit more uncontested FG (15) than the Pelicans took open looks (13).
Duncan Robinson alone hit 3-pt FG (6) than New Orleans made as a team (5).

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) December 25, 2020

Heat hit more open looks than the Pels even got.

That cannot remain true in the second half if we want any chance of victory.

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Originally Posted by wagman

like how we are bashing Zo for hypothetical plays now.

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Can't argue with everyone. I just let it be.

Jj and hart are the only bench players that can play... hayes and melli have been useless... i wouldn't mind seeing naw and when he gets healthy maybe even gabriel because he can switch a lot defensively

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

Melli and Hayes we're major liabilities with the bench. Still wonder where NAW has been? Or even Kira for a few minutes. Maybe they can facilitate a bit better than JUST trying to create for JJ.

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JJ was part of the problem too. He seemed to be feeling a bit of pressure and started making some poor decisions with the ball. That may mean we need to pair him with someone else, but Reddick didn’t impress me in that 1st half at all. He was poo as well

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Originally Posted by hornetzplaya

Can't argue with everyone. I just let it be.

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take your own advice my friend :P