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

Let's get it rockin 🏠

🏀 vs Suns
🕣: 8:30 pm CT
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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 22, 2022

I'm stoked!

I actually believe that we're not gonna screw this up! We have a good coach! We have 2 stars! We have role players who fight! Lets go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh no

I'm expecting a game 1 type performance from us

Who is going to the Blender?

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Originally Posted by hornetsrebirth

Who is going to the Blender?

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Sadly, I can't go tonight but I'll be there Sunday.

I believe in the defense. The Suns are now limited on their options and there are clear ways to attack them on that end and hold them to 98-105 points. The offense is what swings this. Turnovers, 3 point shooting, offensive rebounds. Show me those three things in the box score and I think you can tell if the Pels have won the game.

Either way, its exciting for the fan base that they have important games that they can win and a team that represents the city well

I expect that with Booker out the Suns will be looking to their big men. The Pelicans have done a reasonable job holding up against Ayton and McGee so far, hopefully that will continue. And dont let Chris Paul get comfortable, no open looks from 3 because he will knock those down.

I’m going to try get ticket from seatgeek or ticket exchange since it is sold out.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

I believe in the defense. The Suns are now limited on their options and there are clear ways to attack them on that end and hold them to 98-105 points. The offense is what swings this. Turnovers, 3 point shooting, offensive rebounds. Show me those three things in the box score and I think you can tell if the Pels have won the game.

Either way, its exciting for the fan base that they have important games that they can win and a team that represents the city well

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You think Griffin has a shot at Executive of the Year?

No shot

Those awards are usually given a year too late any way. They go from 36-46 to 60-22 next year and he has a shot. Even if he barely does anything

Feel like there’s way too much overconfidence right now. Really need the Pelicans to lock in on 3 point defense. Can’t let guys like Crowder find their rhythm again.

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxx

You think Griffin has a shot at Executive of the Year?

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I can't imagine executive of the year would go to an executive who's team finished the season below 500. That would be nuts.

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Originally Posted by Pelifan

Feel like there’s way too much overconfidence right now. Really need the Pelicans to lock in on 3 point defense. Can’t let guys like Crowder find their rhythm again.

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Luckily, my overconfidence has no impact on the game. You feel like the team has "way too much overconfidence"? Cause if the answer is "no", worry about something else. You'll be a happier person.

Agree but when we look back, isn’t that usually when the exec actually did the work that made the difference? Like, the year that the Warriors took Klay or Draymond, the exec didn’t get the award that year. He gets it years later because the team is great. But it’s really a reward for decisions he made years prior

HUGE game - let’s go!

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.

15 point victory.




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GAME DAY LOL......to all of you who cant make it to the game...i hope you have a good time on this game day thread with the little amount of meltdown post as possible....

go pels.....

Don't let Ayton and Chris Paul high post pullup you to death. Dont let Bridges, Cam, and Crowder kill you behind the 3 pt line.

And some of the dummies in national media said the Pels played a perfect game last time. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Lots of dumb unforced turnovers that led to 17 of them total. Jax has to stop with the silly fouls.

As the stakes get higher with each game, that needs to stop.

There seems to be a tug-of-war going on with the betting line.

Started with PHX -1.5, jumped to -2.5, now back to -2.0.

Sharps and squares doing battle in the late hour.

Shoot-around

just got tix for sunday and I cant wait for the atmosphere. As for tonight's game as well as all games vs the suns it is about defensive intensity and offensive efficiency. make your free throws and continue to dominate the glass. let the old man try to beat you.

Even the national meatheads are starting to change their tune and get on the Pels bandwagon.

Do not like.

Lots of signs pointing to a desperate Phoenix team showing off their western conference championship experience tonight.

Hope I'm wrong.

i think that cam dude might go for 30...we couldnt stop him from driving to the rim and scoring at will the times he attacked in the last game...we cant let ayton get 20 easy point in the paint just by putting up floaters.....

Blender will be rockin. This city is absolutely STARVED for playoff basketball.

There's a half hour delay apparently? Now starting at 9 cst because of something that happened in the hawks arena
I guess. Very strange decision to push us back.

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Originally Posted by Coreyinthe504

There's a half hour delay apparently? Now starting at 9 cst because of something that happened in the hawks arena
I guess. Very strange decision to push us back.

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Suspicious package at one of the entries of the arena in ATL.

What are the odds they go back and look at Herb getting elbowed in the mouth for a flagrant?

My internet is doing awfully so I'm only actually catching about 40 seconds out of each minute, at best, but so far things seem to be going okay-ish? Hard to say without real continuity. Score looks alright though

Graham will never be fetch. Can we stop giving him minutes...

Graham gonna be the hero tonight!

End of the first, we're up 29-28 despite turning it over 3 times compared to their 1, shooting worse from 2, and being out-assisted.

Definitely not too bad

Up because we wont the non CP3 minutes by 6.

Try to play even with them or close when CP3 is in, and you gotta dominate them when he is out

Devonte Graham finally deciding to do something for the first time in a good while

Good effort by Nance

Devonte' shooting it out there

Graham even getting boards amongst the trees!

These turnovers are ridiculous

Gotta ride the hot hand. Put devontae and Bi back in

Mmmmmmhmmm. They don't review tape when Herb gets elbowed in the face but now that it's a Pelican....

That's just stupid!!!

That was a really dumb thing to do by Jax.. He's needed on the floor.

Fits the bill or police report on Hayes

He’s so immature still smh

Yeah.

It's so hard to watch the NBA, at times.

He's such a moron

They really ejected him for that in a playoff game?

Next Man up!!!

Im 100% in support of moving on Hayes and Graham in the offseason.