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Only 3 pages tonight?
Final Statlines
Lonzo: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal. 7/10 shooting, 5/7 from 3 (71.4%). 6 turnovers, 1 foul.
Zion: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists. 9/15 shooting (60%), 6/8 from the FT line (75%)*. 1 turnover, 2 fouls.
Jrue: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks. 7/15 shooting (46.7%), 2/5 from 3 (40%). 1 turnover, 2 fouls.
Ingram: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists. 6/13 shooting (46.2%), 1/5 from 3 (20%). 1 turnover, 0 fouls.
Favors: 7 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal. 3/3 shooting. 1 turnover, 0 fouls.
Bench
Hart: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 57%FG, 2 turnovers and 5 fouls
Moore: 10 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 38.5% shooting. 1 turnover 3 fouls
Redick: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist. 50% shooting, 60% from 3. 2 turnovers, 3 fouls.
Melli: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 80% shooting, 67% from 3. 0 turnovers, 4 fouls
Jax: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist. 100% shooting, 0 turnovers, 1 foul.
Basketball.
Lol, just as I turn on the game I see this on twitter
Impossible finish by Zion pic.twitter.com/wmaaEVL6rG
— Max Carlin (@maxacarlin) February 1, 2020
Jeeeeesus Christ Zion
Watching this game back, noticing a few things.
First of all, general shot selection. We took 34 3s, which is a lot, but for our team is actually pretty moderate, and relatively few of them are from silly deep. Lots of them right up at the line, which is good to see. The ones which are from really deep are generally Lonzo shots (unsurprisingly) but he was making them tonight so it's hard to get too mad; dude was hot. Tons of looks directly at the rim as well; which is what you'd want when you're attacking a team that's missing its defensive core in JJJ.
More specifically, I wanna shout out Brandon Ingram for his shot selection tonight. It's not all been perfect, there have been a few times where I've thought he's missed a good pass or something, but in general it's been really nice. Checking his shot chart on NBA Stats just to make sure I'm not missing anything, I see a grand total of 1 (one) mid-range shot, and really it's a FT line jumper so that's debatable as a paint shot.
Another thing I like is Jrue not falling in love with the 3. Sometimes when he's shooting it fairly well, he does get a bit too trigger happy from deep and neglect his driving game, which is a shame because he's a really good driver and finisher. First quarter: 1 3PA. Third quarter: 1 3PA. He doesn't get quite as close to the basket on some of these shots as I'd like, which is kind of irritating, but I prefer the balance of inside and outside, for sure.
Zion obviously did his thing, but he's not one who's prone to taking weird awkward shots anyway; he generally takes the 3 when it's wide open, or he gets to the rim. Very few 16 foot running floaters or whatever
Advanced Stats Time
Minimum 15 minutes played
Best Net Rating: Jrue Holiday at +42.9, followed by Zion at +34.8
Worst Net Rating: JJ Redick, +4.4
Best TS%: Nicolo Melli at 100%. Only one player (Moore) shot under league average TS% tonight
Highest REB%: Derrick Favors at 24.4%, then Hart at 18.6%.
Highest AST%: Lonzo Ball, at 27.6%, then Jrue at 25%.
Most Deflections: Jrue Holiday with 4
Most Screen Assists: Zion Williamson with 4
Most 2pt Contests: Josh Hart with 8, Lonzo with 7
Most 3pt Contests: Lonzo with 7, Zion with 6
Most Total Contests: Lonzo with 14, Zion with 10
Most Boxouts: Favors with 4, then Melli, Jrue, and Zion all with 2.
Hahaha. I love that this was the top of page 4. It is so #pelslife. So us.Originally Posted by 13 - 3
You'll have a fun all the way watch through. Dominating performance. The two games we played Memphis should put some pressure on them. They know we are gunning for that spot. Hopefully that pressure bleeds into other games.
Last edited by msusousaphone; 02-01-2020 at 01:44 AM.
Good positive energy.
But also, yo mama's fat.
Just got through with it, and you're right. Lots of fun. Great to see most of the starters sit the entire 4th quarter, and those that didn't (Zion, for example) still sitting well before the end. No need to 'close out' a game like this. Only one player went over 30 minutes tonight. That's what's up.
Superb team win guys!
Zion in his first 5 career games:
Tonight: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 60%FG. 28 minutes.
Cavs: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist. 53.8%FG. 29 minutes.
Celtics: 21 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists. 56.2%FG. 27 minutes.
Nuggets: 15 points, 6 rebounds. 77.8%FG. 21 minutes.
Spurs: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists. 72.7%FG. 18 minutes.
We all know he has points of improvement to make: he's essentially 5 games into his rookie year. That's totally to be expected.
But there's no denying that while he hasn't reached his ceiling yet (far from it), he's still a legit player right now. He's really good. Has yet to exceed 30 minutes in a game, and is averaging 19.2 points and 7.8 rebounds on 62.5% shooting (40/64).
List of rookies to ever average at least 19/7.5 on 60%FG in NBA history: nobody.
List of rookies to ever average at least 19/7 on 55%FG in NBA history: Shaq
List of rookies to ever average at least 18/7 on 50%FG in NBA history: Shaq, Walt Bellamy, Kareem, The Admiral, Tim Duncan, Marques Johnson, Magic, Hakeem, Adrian Dantley, Blake Griffin, Bill Cartwright, KAT, Alonzo Mourning, Ralph Sampson, Terry Dischinger, Terry Cummings.
This is good company to be in.
Zion registers at 0.0357 on the Baynes scale, 5 games in.
Jrue Holiday: “Our starting five, I kind of think we’re a good matchup against anybody to be honest.”
— Christian Clark (@cclark3000) February 1, 2020
The Pelicans' starting five of Lonzo Ball, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson and Derrick Favors have played 59 minutes together so far in five games.
— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) February 1, 2020
Offensive rating: 118.4
Defensive rating: 90.2
+28.2
That's absurd. Small sample size? Yes. Still, absurd.
Just keep applying the pressure. Hopefully we take one of the next two. I’m banking on Houston
Among players in the #NBA averaging at least 20 minutes per game, Zion Williamson (12.6) and Derrick Favors (12.4) rank 4th and 5th, respectively, in offensive rebounding percentage. #WontBowDown
— Pelicans PR (@PelicansPR) February 1, 2020
This game is what PERFECT shot selection looks like. Attack the rim relentlessly if they can't defend it. Show them no mercy with our pace. Sprinkle in a few wide open look 3's to keep them honest.
This is the game i have been waiting for all year. I can't think of any moments where I got upset (Except NAW's 10 turnovers in a row there at the end).
It looks like they are figuring it out FINALLY.
What's weird is, I swear that game started with two Zion TOs right out the gate..... yet he only has one TO on the box score......
Sometimes they re-assess stuff after games. Maybe they saw something weird with it and retroactively changed it? No idea.
I don't think the second one was his fault. It was a bad pass that went of of his hand. Joel said it was on him but the scorers must have seen it differently.
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