Warriors vs Pelicans Gameday thread 4/12/2024

Let?s clinch that #6 seed !

Pelicans. Warriors. Tonight 🤝

🏀: at Warriors
🕘: 9:00 pm CT
📺: @FOX8NOLA
📻: @995WRNO#Pelicans | @SmoothieKing pic.twitter.com/MVBiUrSMhI

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 12, 2024

Of interest

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The Golden State Warriors have not yet released an injury report for Friday, but here are the players listed ahead of Thursday?s game:

Draymond Green ? Questionable ? Right Knee Contusion
Klay Thompson ? Questionable ? Right Knee Tendonitis
Dario Saric ? Questionable ? Right Knee Later Joint Pain

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https://warriorswire.usatoday.com/li...st-for-friday/

i hope willie learned from last night game that he need to play zeller with zion...zeller did all the lil things that helped zion on offense last night....good screens...screening the big in the paint so zion can have a clear path the the rim when attacking one on one...better rebounder...

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Originally Posted by 6warddude

i hope willie learned from last night game that he need to play zeller with zion...zeller did all the lil things that helped zion on offense last night....good screens...screening the big in the paint so zion can have a clear path the the rim when attacking one on one...better rebounder...

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Exactly what I saw. Absolutely no reason to play Nance from this point forward.

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Originally Posted by Fedupfan

Exactly what I saw. Absolutely no reason to play Nance from this point forward.

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i wouldnt mind seeing jonas and nance together against teams like the lakers or twolves with trey, ingram and cj on the floor with them.....

to me, last night and i see that you agree that zion offensive game was more easy with zeller doing the things he was doing to help zion out.....hell, i didnt see a drop off on defense with zeller but maybe i wasnt paying that much attention to the defense side as much as i was on the offense....

Last one of the trip, @Jim_Eichenhofer has our Keys to the Game:

�� GSW 5th in offensive boards (12.2), second-chance points
�� Pels subs 3rd in plus-minus (2.2); GSW reserves 3rd in ppg
�� Curry (4.8), McCollum (3.5) 1st, 3rd in threes made per game#Pelicans | @FDSportsbook pic.twitter.com/oW79bRy5Is

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 12, 2024

both teams are cold lol..

green to strong for zion to bully....cj short arm his shots...

smdh,,here go willie with this small ball crap against that lineup..

there we go...zion took it personal about his defense and the boy playing ball....where is, as i say so lol...

cj cooking now..

if we come out with the same fire, we end this game early..

zion on ball defense is on lol..

jonas got to come out..

golden state making a comeback scoring easy baskets on 2s...no 3s at all yet...

well klay just hit a 3..

jonas got to sit this one out if he not dominating on offense....we got to go with a 6 or 7 man rotation for the rest of the game to win...

trey and dyson have to post cp3 up when he is guarding them...

Gotta say, I am so proud of the Pelicans right now.

one more quarter ..

Zion's 6th steal makes a career high

CJ's set the Pelicans single season record for made 3s tonight, breaking Peja's record.

they killing us in the paint..no 3s..no curry...they are in this game making 2s..

we gotta dig deep for this win..

Zion with a couple of big buckets. And-one

Trey nailing a shot, Dyson locking up, Zion with another bucket.

It's all happening.

put jonas in and go to him for the win..

I’m about to have a heart attack

Welcome back Dae

Pels win 114-109 to hit 49 wins

Means this is the most wins the Pelicans have registered in a season since 2008-09.

One game remaining. If we can beat the Lakers on the 14th, that's 50 wins.

Amen

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Welcome back Dae

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Hey there :)

good win...road warriors for sure....this is a good thing for the playoffs going in other teams houses 4 times...

Zion just told Retro Pels to hit the anthem in his postgame interview

HIT THAT DAMN ANTHEM!!���� pic.twitter.com/R2nZIVepCe

— retroPels (@retro_pels) April 13, 2024

Gotta do it

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Zion just told Retro Pels to hit the anthem in his postgame interview

HIT THAT DAMN ANTHEM!!���� pic.twitter.com/R2nZIVepCe

— retroPels (@retro_pels) April 13, 2024

Gotta do it

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Dae, where the hell have you been? I need answers....

Fun night.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Dae, where the hell have you been? I need answers....

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Had my transfer panel for my PhD at the same time as work picked up heavily and I tore my achilles, so I basically lost any and all free time for a while. Once some of that cleared up, I was so out of touch with the season I had to spend a bit of time catching up on some games I'd missed and understanding where we actually were in the year. Mostly back to normal for now though.

Mostly. No promises.

ARGH freaking Suns. Still gotta beat the Lakers. Dammit dammit.

I bet the TWolves smoke them but yeah, best we win, too.

Crazy log jam for seed 1 - 3. I don't recall seeding ever being this unpredictable before.

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

ARGH freaking Suns. Still gotta beat the Lakers. Dammit dammit.

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damn kings did that for payback for last night lol..

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Had my transfer panel for my PhD at the same time as work picked up heavily and I tore my achilles, so I basically lost any and all free time for a while. Once some of that cleared up, I was so out of touch with the season I had to spend a bit of time catching up on some games I'd missed and understanding where we actually were in the year. Mostly back to normal for now though.

Mostly. No promises.

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How did you tear an achilles?

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

How did you tear an achilles?

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I wish I could say something cool, like that it happened in the middle of a furious game of pickup or in the course of saving someone from a burning building, but actually I just stood up with a dead leg and immediately turned my ankle twice in quick succession as I tried to get it back under me, before tripping on my nephew's toy truck and turning it again. It was audible and painful, and happened on my birthday. What a memory.

Hope it's healing well for you, man.

Yeah it's progressing alright thanks. Was the worst for the first two weeks or so when it was at its most painful and immobile.

So proud of these guys. They are taking care of business. Lets roll!

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I wish I could say something cool, like that it happened in the middle of a furious game of pickup or in the course of saving someone from a burning building, but actually I just stood up with a dead leg and immediately turned my ankle twice in quick succession as I tried to get it back under me, before tripping on my nephew's toy truck and turning it again. It was audible and painful, and happened on my birthday. What a memory.

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Oh no. That?s not good. Hope you are feeling better brother. The Achilles is a tough one.

The guys have to be applauded for finishing strong. One more very important game. Take care of this and put behind all doubt. I take it Phoenix has the tiebreaker? We potentially need one more win to be safe methinks.

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Originally Posted by Fedupfan

Oh no. That?s not good. Hope you are feeling better brother. The Achilles is a tough one.

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Thanks, man, I appreciate it

Fun fact: 4 of our current players are top 12 all time in Pelicans win shares.

Which tells you how historically thin the Pelicans have been on talent, but also how good our roster is.

6th all time - BI with 22.7 WS in 286 games
7th all time - Zion with 21.7 WS in 183 games
9th all time - JV with 20.3 WS in 234 games
12th all time - Herb with 15.1 WS in 219 games

Trey Murphy has 14.8 WS in 197 games, so he'll be in the top 12 next year assuming no injuries too.

The best Pelicans of all time are on the squad now.

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Top 5 for reference:

1st - CP3 with 76.4 WS in 425 games
2nd - AD with 72.0 WS in 466 games
3rd - David West with 47.0 WS in 530 games
4th - PJ Brown with 29.6 WS in 315 games
5th - Jrue with 28.5 WS in 415 games

As an Aussie it's nice to see Dyson getting some recognition in local press:

https://www.news.com.au/sport/basket...6eced883baa465