April 22nd - New Orleans Pelicans vs Phoenix Suns - GAME 3 - 1-1

BS flop call killed us

CP3 is just unstoppable now

The Pheonix Phlops

Ingram responds

Ingram vs CP3 mid-range shootout?

Doris Burke ''you have to get it out of Chris Paul's hands, you have to make somebody else beat you''

Yes, can someone let the Pelicans know that?

What the hell is this single coverage on CP

Send 4 bodies at him

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

I know some people dont like it, but F it, I am putting down what my rotations would be:

CJ - 41 mins
BI - 41 mins
Herb - 40 mins
Nance - 30 mins
JV - 26 mins
Trey - 24 mins
Hayes - 22 mins
Jose - 12 mins
Naji - 4 mins

Naji plays 4 mins in the first half, doesnt play in the 2nd half. Basically, I tell him to go out there and harrass CP3 for 4 mins, giving Herb a break off him for 4 mins in the first half. I am going to finish this game with CJ-BI-Herb-Trey-Nance. In that 2nd half, I am blitzing and trapping every pick and roll and making other guys try to beat me.

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From 5PM today. And I am not getting paid millions to coach. Go ahead and blame the refs. I am putting this one on Willie

Willie Green getting embarrassed

Anybody else noticed ESPN keeps using the New Orleans Hornets logo coming out breaks?? What is that

I just don't understand what's so complicated about the idea of ''don't let one of the greatest midrange shooters and ballhandlers of all time feel comfortable in self-creating midrange in the 4th quarter of a playoff game''. It's not rocket science.

Why is Lance on the 3pt line

Complete 4th quarter implosion

Now that is frustrating. To lose an eminently winnable game because of a complete refusal to respond to what was actually happening on court.

Can someone explain to me why you let Larry take 4 3s man...

When your offense down the stretch consists of multiple Larry Nance three point attempts you're doing something wrong.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

Complete 4th quarter implosion

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Not complete. One issue. One unprepared coach.

I mean I like Nance but it's insane to put the game on his shoulders - from 3! nuts.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

Can someone explain to me why you let Larry take 4 3s man...

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The ball keeps ending up in his hands with the shot clock running out. Blame it on execution you would think we could have gotten a better shot off before nance has to heave a 3.

Ugly possessions late from every name you can think of. Nobody on the team playing well since Alvarado went off - that means the final 5 minutes were essentially bad play all around. Can't win that, especially when CP3 is there.

Whatever else is true about CP3 is that he's just not going to beat himself. It's not enough to try and make him lose, you have to force a win.

lol if we lose this series I’ll be disappointed we definitely should’ve won this one I like nance but he’s not big enough and he shot way too many threes we need Brandon to have the most shots McCollum should be the second option Hayes is nice for defense and drawing fouls but did a bone head thing

Chris Paul given three days rest is a killer. Maybe when we get him Sunday, his shots won't be falling as consistently. The problem is when he's on, we don't really have anyone that can guard him any length of time, and he's killing us on all of our switches. Offensively, I don't know what to say. That was an embarrassment. We weren't running any plays to free up BI or CJ. It was just like the second quarter, they just kept going ISO ball and allowed the Suns to hit them with double teams forcing bad shots from Larry Nance at the end of the shot clock.

Missing jaxson hurt us on the boards we got killed.

To be honest, I think this was a must win game for us. Even if we win Sunday they've regained homecourt advantage, with the light at the end of the tunnel in Booker returning. Which won't matter if we can't do anything about our center play.

Brandon need to come out like booker did and take over the game not have Alvarado and nance leading

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Originally Posted by DroopyDawg

Missing jaxson hurt us on the boards we got killed.

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We actually out-rebounded them on both ends.

It just feels like we got killed on the boards because we lost a lot of crucial ones late. Why? Well, we benched Valanciunas. Cause CP3 was cooking him. But then CP3 cooked Nance too, and Nance wasn't rebounding. So we gained nothing by benching JV and lost the rebounding. Lovely.

Jonas / LNJ = 2 for 13 (8 Total Points)
Ayton / McGee = 20 for 28 (43 Total Points)

BALL GAME!!!

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

To be honest, I think this was a must win game for us. Even if we win Sunday they've regained homecourt advantage, with the light at the end of the tunnel in Booker returning. Which won't matter if we can't do anything about our center play.

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Booker isn't due back for 2 to 3 weeks. He's not playing in this series even if it goes to 7. That's not a concern.

Naji Marshall: 2pts in 11 minutes
Nance: 2pts on 1/8 shooting in 23 minutes

Tell me again how Zion wouldn't help this team in a close loss. Do you think he could score more than 4 points?

Of course Zion would help. The problem is, nobody here knows his actual post-injury condition. People can say they do, but unless the doctors come here and say it, I'm not buying it.

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Originally Posted by donato

Of course Zion would help. The problem is, nobody here knows his actual post-injury condition. People can say they do, but unless the doctors come here and say it, I'm not buying it.

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We have no reason to suspect there's a problem. Every report coming from everyone who would have any information tells us that Zion wants to play now. He's been doing 5-on-5 scrimmages for over a month at this point. If there was a real medical issue, that wouldn't be happening.

It's ridiculous.

Edit: also, the arguments against it haven't ben that nobody knows his condition. At least, not most of the arguments. Half the people saying not to bring him back were saying it's because he might disturb the chemistry and the lineups. Which is a garbage reason.

Jax being an idiot hurt us tonight..

It’s moments like that flagrant that lose you games. Growing pains

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

We have no reason to suspect there's a problem. Every report coming from everyone who would have any information tells us that Zion wants to play now. He's been doing 5-on-5 scrimmages for over a month at this point. If there was a real medical issue, that wouldn't be happening.

It's ridiculous.

Edit: also, the arguments against it haven't ben that nobody knows his condition. At least, not most of the arguments. Half the people saying not to bring him back were saying it's because he might disturb the chemistry and the lineups. Which is a garbage reason.

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So when people are coming off long-term injuries, when they're ready to go to 5 on 5 it means they're ready for game action? Is there no extended ramp up from starting 5 on 5?

Not interested in the other speculation.

All of a sudden, CJ and BI want to find their 3’s

Just a hugely disappointing game.

Complete failure to adjust on the coaching staff when CP3 was going nuclear. Poor execution from most of the team for a solid 5 minute stretch late in the 4th. Nobody could make a shot until the final 30 seconds when the game was over. Really awful stuff.

Big questions with some fairly obvious answers for Green going into game 4. Next game is a must win if we have any desire to really compete in the series.

These things happen. Move on.

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Originally Posted by donato

So when people are coming off long-term injuries, when they're ready to go to 5 on 5 it means they're ready for game action? Is there no extended ramp up from starting 5 on 5?

Not interested in the other speculation.

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You ask ''is there no ramp up from starting 5 on 5?''

The answer to that is in the post you're replying to. He's been doing those 5-on-5s and full scrimmages for well over a month. The ramping up process, if there was any intention to ever bring him back, should be weeks underway at this point. If not, that's negligence on the team.

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Originally Posted by WhyHornetsWhy

All of a sudden, CJ and BI want to find their 3’s

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Well yeah they had to juice their stats once the game was already out of reach, of course.

Jax very well may've lost the game for us. I know Daniels didn't agree with the ejection, but looking at it again... sure looked like a 2 to me.

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

Jax very well may've lost the game for us. I know Daniels didn't agree with the ejection, but looking at it again... sure looked like a 2 to me.

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It was a blatant 2, but I don't think it lost us the game. The reality is that we were tied with under 5 minutes to go - we had the opportunity.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

It was a blatant 2, but I don't think it lost us the game. The reality is that we were tied with under 5 minutes to go - we had the opportunity.

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What was that final line up. JV Lance Herb BI CJ?

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

We have no reason to suspect there's a problem. Every report coming from everyone who would have any information tells us that Zion wants to play now. He's been doing 5-on-5 scrimmages for over a month at this point. If there was a real medical issue, that wouldn't be happening.

It's ridiculous.

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A little prone to exaggeration there, dae.

He didn't start 5 on 5 (against non- NBA players) until 2 weeks ago.

Andrew Lopez: Willie Green says Zion Williamson has progressed to “controlled scrimmages” – basically 5-on-5 fullcourt work against coaches and some of the back end of the roster. Still no further update on his playing status. -via Twitter @_Andrew_Lopez / April 7, 2022

Good try though.

But not sure why Trey isn’t the move. If we’re gonna send two, I’d want Trey running at whomever with his length. But meh. Again. Move on.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

What was that final line up. JV Lance Herb BI CJ?

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Rotations in the 4th were bad. Offense was broken both in terms of player execution and in terms of actual plays called. Defensive approach on CP3 was a joke, and that's largely on the coaching. We spent several minutes where we were dependent on Jose Alvarado for offense.

Now don't get me wrong, Alvarado is cool and it was great to watch him rise to that challenge and he's been productive and good for us. That does not mean we should be reliant on him to provide our entire offense for minutes at a time. That's just ridiculous. Yet it happened.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Naji Marshall: 2pts in 11 minutes
Nance: 2pts on 1/8 shooting in 23 minutes

Tell me again how Zion wouldn't help this team in a close loss. Do you think he could score more than 4 points?

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Don't forget TM3's stat line : 0/3/0 in almost 23 minutes.

Disappointing, but we were underdogs, so it's not exactly shocking. Can't change it now. Regroup and win Sunday.

WHERE IS ZION??????? WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK.

This just ruined my entire tomorrow’s day

Can’t wait until we get Lavine in the offseason

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Rotations in the 4th were bad. Offense was broken both in terms of player execution and in terms of actual plays called. Defensive approach on CP3 was a joke, and that's largely on the coaching. We spent several minutes where we were dependent on Jose Alvarado for offense.

Now don't get me wrong, Alvarado is cool and it was great to watch him rise to that challenge and he's been productive and good for us. That does not mean we should be reliant on him to provide our entire offense for minutes at a time. That's just ridiculous. Yet it happened.

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It was quite pathetic to be honest. How we used Trey... Or didn't use him to create spacing is another glaring issue.