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Thread: 3rd March - New Orleans Pelicans vs Minnesota Timberwolves - 26-34

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    Pelicans 3rd March - New Orleans Pelicans vs Minnesota Timberwolves - 26-34

    After a disheartening but predictable defeat at the hands of the Lakers, we roll around to Tuesday. It's a pretty good Tuesday. Super, I've heard. But what would really be Super is getting another game in the win column by handing an L to the woefully bad Minnesota Timberwolves.

    This game is scheduled to begin at 7pm CST (1am GMT)

    Here's the injury report:

    So, Wolves then. What about 'em?

    With a record of 17-42, the Wolves are bad. Real bad. You might think that all those trades have helped them, but you'd be wrong; they're 1-7 in their last 8 games. Some of this is due to good opposition; they've played Denver, for example, Boston, and Dallas twice. But they've also had big losses to Charlotte and Orlando, so they're not exactly cleaning up the trash either.

    I'm not going to run down the list of their usual statistics, because they've had massive roster turnover, and Karl-Anthony Towns is still out with his fractured wrist, so it's not like we'll be getting them at full strength anyway. That's a shame because I would have loved to see what Zion would do to a defense anchored by KAT, who is a fantastic offensive player who but leaks away all his value by being one of the worst defensive bigs in the NBA. At least, regarding bigs who actually get minutes.

    We play Minnesota twice this week, and since our other two games are against good teams in Dallas and Miami, it's pretty important that we take these Minnesota games to bolster us through the final ''difficult-ish'' part of our schedule, just before that cakewalk final 16 comes along. With no KAT, a mostly new roster that hasn't been executing, and our recent consistency when it comes to putting terrible teams away, we should be able to take this one.

    All we need is execution and intensity. The talent is there. Just need to put it together. #WBD
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    Confirmation is in for what we all hoped would be true: Zion's cleared for back to backs.

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    His minutes should be lowered in this game.

    Minnesota shouldn't be that hard to beat with a limited zion

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speakthetruth View Post
    His minutes should be lowered in this game.

    Minnesota shouldn't be that hard to beat with a limited zion
    If we play at the level I know we're capable of playing on our best day, nobody should have to play more than 30 minutes ish. This game should be over by the end of the third quarter.

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    Jrue with our first 5

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    We are 3 minutes in, Zion has yet to get a real touch on offense.

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    Moving slow

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    These TO man

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    Lonzo is on another level right now.

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    I could swear we're normally in the closing stretches of the first half after an hour. This game's closing in on an hour since scheduled tip off and we're still in the opening strides of the 2nd quarter.

    This is the slowest game ever.

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    Zion's passing well. Making the good reads.

    Lonzo's having a good start to tonight.

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    Lavar ball is behind tonight

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    Naz Reid's defensive technique on Zion is ''whack him''. And the refs are cool with that lol

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    SMH......
    Actual proof Greivis Vasquez can throw Anthony Davis an Alley-OOP on an (kinda) fastbreak!


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    This teams defense needs alot of work. Jeff Bzdelik, where the hell are ya?

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    Yikes the defense is awful

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    The hell is going on here?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kinglio21093 View Post
    The hell is going on here?
    Just a typical Pelicans game

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    This game is extremely ugly. Offense stagnant and lazy. Defense nonexistent. Refs refusing to call any of the numerous fouls the Wolves are committing. Wolves also suck, but our dreadful defense is giving them looks anyway.

    It's the worst thing a basketball game can be. Boring.

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    Alvin Gentry, do some sort of coaching please.

    ANYTHING.

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    One of the things I hate about fast pace offense is that while it can be very fun, it can also be very bad, rushed, and sloppy. And with a young team, the sloppiness is going to be real evident.

    Sloppiness caused the 17-1 run.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ragincaucasian View Post
    Alvin Gentry, do some sort of coaching please.

    ANYTHING.
    Looks like a perfect game for Melli. But Gentry being Gentry.

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    I will say, with 3 steals and a block already, it's nice to see Zion having a game where he racks up some stocks.

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    Oh look. Jrue playing well against a garbage team... go figure.

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    Brandon Ingram might be the worst defensive player in the entire league.

    He is absolutely HORRIBLE.

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