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Thread: February 10th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Chicago Bulls - 11-12

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    Pelicans February 10th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Chicago Bulls - 11-12



    Here we go again. The 11-12 Pelicans, on a winning streak, come up to play against the 9-14 Chicago Bulls. The Bulls are the league's 18th rated offense and 20th rated defense; meanwhile, the Pels have improved to be the 8th rated offense and the 21st rated defense. So we're about equal on D, but the Pels are significantly more effective offensively. Gotcha.

    The Bulls have lost 3 of their last 4, and 6 of their last 8: they're not in great shape. Wendell Carter is out, Lauri Markkanen is out, Chandler Hutchison is out, and Otto Porter is day to day. The Bulls turn the ball over more than almost anyone, the second most in the league, and while they're 8th in assists per game they aren't top 15 in anything else. They're 12th in 3pt% but only 14th in attempts, and they're a pretty low volume FT team as well (19th in the league) despite shooting it at the 7th best %age.

    Their best player right now is Zach Lavine, a guy who is a truly impressive scorer and an improved playmaker, but who cannot really defend anyone at all and who can be prone to dodgy decision making. Meanwhile, Coby White's efficiency lives in the dirt right now (shooting under 40% from the floor and under league average from 3).

    Impressive for them, and promising, is Patrick Williams; a guy that I and many others had in the lottery this last draft, he's showing up so far: averaging about 10/4 in 27 minutes a game despite being extremely young and shooting 47/39/82 splits, he's been nice for them. They do have, between him and Thad Young, decent big defenders; not that I think they're decent enough to stop Zion, but the point remains.

    This should be another win, and if it is, we hit .500 for the first time since we were 4-4; only 20 games later.
    Basketball.

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    Adam either fatigue or hiding a knee injury? His feet been stuck in cement ever since the btb.

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    Another scrappy team that gets blown out on occasion, but has beaten some good teams and otherwise plays close games.

    Other than Josh Hart, Pelicans team should be in good spirits and rested.

    Chicago is also 3rd in the league in pace. Though since the Pelicans have gone on their 6-2 run, Chicago is 20th and the Pelicans 15th.

    Pelicans still have lots of room for improvement on defense.
    Last edited by luckyman; 02-10-2021 at 12:10 PM.

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    Bench MVP is ready


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    Quote Originally Posted by ragincaucasian View Post
    Bench MVP is ready


    what posters are not talking about is how he made life easy for zion in the paint last night with zion getting a gang of one on one plays......houston was guarding billy at the 3pt line and not sagging off of him sitting in the paint cheating on zion like teams do when our other centers are in....

    i want to see him shoot a couple of 3s tonight...

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    He is a career 32.2% 3PT shooter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ragincaucasian View Post
    Bench MVP is ready

    That's not Josh Hart

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    teams just be hot against us from the 3pt line lol

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    8/8 lmao

    Zo 5/5 at the line

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    They're making everything, geez

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    lavine is auditioning for us lol...

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    LaVine has 20 lmao

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    Billy the Kid

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    We're lucky the Bulls are trash defensively or we'd be in big trouble now. They weathered the storm considering Chicago can't miss.

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    Lol. We're about to be in the bonus.

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    In the bonus with 9:54 left in the quarter. Amazing.

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    Patrick Williams is scary good, on both ends.

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    KY RAHHHHHHH

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    Buckets Ingram

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    If we lose to this team

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    Zo playing at a ridiculous level

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    Quote Originally Posted by AusPel View Post
    Zo playing at a ridiculous level
    Yeah, I gotta say, he's definitely looking much more confident out there, very aggressive driving tonight, good to see. Active off ball on the other end too (though his defense on Lavine has been pretty meh, only slight negative)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snarly View Post
    In the bonus with 9:54 left in the quarter. Amazing.

    and we are not attacking to draw the fouls lol..

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    Oh we leading now

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