October 25th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Dallas Mavericks - 2-1

And of course it had to be a nationally televised game so our stars don’t get to be seen on the big stage. Seems like this always happens.

Game is still winnable. Exponentially more difficult, but this is still the NBA. Very injured home teams pull this off every year. Pels did it a couple times last year.

#Pelslife right on schedule though. Against the team I dislike the most of course.

Stan is back!

#Mavericks at #Pelicans
NBA Regular Season
7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT
TNT

Ian Eagle (pbp), @realStanVG (analyst) & @StephanieReady (reporter) #NBA

— Announcer Schedules (@announcerskeds) October 25, 2022

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Originally Posted by pelafanatic

I actually don't mind Naji in this game. If there's one thing he'll give you every night, it's 100% effort on the defensive end. We need that tonight against Luka

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daniels is already probably a better defender than Naji, can defend most of the same guys on the perimeter, and actually factors into the future of the team. Naji shouldn't get minutes over him.

Spread was 5.5 when I got in on it, feeling pretty confident about it.

Trey should take a dozen threes tonight

Jose the GOAT

Well, we'll win if we simply never miss a shot lmao

Jose is actually a legitimately good basketball player.

We started the game 10/11 from the floor with 0 TOs an 0 fouls, this is amazing

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

We started the game 10/11 from the floor with 0 TOs an 0 fouls, this is amazing

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Need to trade Zion, Herb, and BI for picks. Immediately

Lead should be much bigger, shooting this well. Guys playing off ball defense just watching Luka, and losing their men.

Dang Luka

Graham the midget is in there with a bunch of long wings, Luca and McGee. Hey Willie, may not wanna do that one again. PLEASE.

One of these small guards got to sit... Preferably Graham

The good news is that we scored 40, and while the lead isn't huge it did require the Mavs playing Luka the entire first quarter to keep it that way, meaning there should be a possibility of running up the score when Luka sits and him getting tired toward the end of the game.

The downside is that we basically just didn't defend Luka in any meaningful way, and our shooting is due regression soon lmao

Daniels is gonna be one of my favorite players ever, I can already tell. These injuries will be a blessing in disguise. Kid is ready to at least be in the rotation

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Originally Posted by Pelifan

Jose is actually a legitimately good basketball player.

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I called that one the night we signed him.

Yeah we need bodies for this man in a playoff series. Jesus.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Daniels is gonna be one of my favorite players ever, I can already tell. These injuries will be a blessing in disguise. Kid is ready to at least be in the rotation

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Thank god he is getting some playing time. He is showing why we need him in there and Graham to sit down.

I cannot believe the efficiency is still staying up there. It's gotta come back to earth at some point

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Thank god he is getting some playing time. He is showing why we need him in there and Graham to sit down.

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Nah, Graham can have hot games. Take out Naji

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Daniels is gonna be one of my favorite players ever, I can already tell. These injuries will be a blessing in disguise. Kid is ready to at least be in the rotation

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I think what I like about him most is the poise. Just looks unbothered, like he's been there before.

Jaxson Hayes has his head up his ****** defensively.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I think what I like about him most is the poise. Just looks unbothered, like he's been there before.

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I love guys like that. I used to hate Jerome Bettis because he had to beat his chest after every 4 yard run