April 12th - New Orleans Pelicans VS Sacramento Kings - 24-29

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Originally Posted by Chris

Man, how are we still in the lead with all these turnovers?

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They are missing A LOT of free throws down the stretch

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

I hate how slow we bring the ball up 90% of the time. WE did the opposite before. So it has to be by design, no?

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Does Lonzo being out have something to do with that?

Zion is taking and hitting more shots farther away from the basket. Not yet from Brandon range, but it is great to add that to his skills.

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Originally Posted by Chris

Does Lonzo being out have something to do with that?

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No. We did that when Lonzo was healthy too.

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

No. We did that when Lonzo was healthy too.

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Yeah our pace has been way down this year. Pace of 99.0 this season, 15th in the league; it was 103.7 last year, 2nd in the league.

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Originally Posted by Chris

Does Lonzo being out have something to do with that?

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No it's the new Point Zion thingy.

From @ESPNStatsInfo: De'Aaron Fox joins Kobe Bryant (2005-06) and Damian Lillard (2020-21) as the only players to score 35+ three different times against the Pelicans in a single season.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) April 13, 2021

Both Lillard and Fox have dropped 35 on us this season three times each

Brandon Ingram has been so much better with him being more facilitating and working for better shots in the clutch.

Fox is now up to 40 points for the second time against us this season.

Reminder that Bledsoe got all-D spots over Jrue.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

Brandon Ingram has been so much better with him being more facilitating and working for better shots in the clutch.

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He's been really good tonight offensively, just super efficient and made some nice passes too.

Brandon’s had a good game

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Originally Posted by Freyfamilyreuni

Brandon’s had a good game

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His best clutch game of the year, by a fair mile

Oof on the flagrant

I'm still trying to understand how we get a flagrant for Barnes landing on the man's shoes.

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Originally Posted by Chris

I'm still trying to understand how we get a flagrant for Barnes landing on the man's shoes.

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You have to give a shooter room to land. You can't remove their landing space, or it's a flagrant. You can get seriously hurt doing that.

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Originally Posted by Chris

I'm still trying to understand how we get a flagrant for Barnes landing on the man's shoes.

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This era of basketball is breeding an entire generation of vaginas. A flagrant for guarding someone and having the audacity to stand there with YOUR SHOES!

Yikes. We need more shooters. Thankfully BI was up for it.

We escape with the win, that's 3 in a row - matches the Pels longest win streak of the year.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

You have to give a shooter room to land. You can't remove their landing space, or it's a flagrant. You can get seriously hurt doing that.

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I thought that was just a regular foul.

So what happened to the new JJ?

Nevermind. I found the answer

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/ba...return-monday/


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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

You have to give a shooter room to land. You can't remove their landing space, or it's a flagrant. You can get seriously hurt doing that.

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Bull********. The shooter jumped into him!

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Originally Posted by smcgull

I thought that was just a regular foul.

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Nope, they changed it to a flagrant a few years ago. If I remember rightly (someone may know better) they changed it after Zaza basically injured Kawhi right off the Spurs doing it intentionally

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

His best clutch game of the year, by a fair mile

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Nah. Given the circumstances and the opponent, that would be the @Denver game. But I'm pretty sure that's been quickly erased from your memory.

The guy is the new Aaron Brooks for even less reason to be.

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Originally Posted by ragincaucasian

Bull********. The shooter jumped into him!

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Which is also a concern, and why the NBA has already announced they're going to look into rules regarding unnatural shooting motions.

But the reality is that most jump shots naturally carry the player slightly forward. If you're a defender you know that, and you also know that you get called for a flagrant if they land on you, and you should account for that. Gotta play by the rules as they are, not as you wish they were.

I understand giving the shooter space to land, but again, there is no intent to injure there. It's basketball. It's a contact sport. The fact they are being awarded 3 free points is enough.

This has gotten beyond ridiculous.