April 16th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Washington Wizards - 25-30

[Pelicanidae]

Off to see the Wizards ✨

🏀 at Washington
🕕 6 p.m. CT
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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 16, 2021

We lost last game, now we play the Wizards. They're 21-33 but have won 4 of their last 5, including an upset over Utah. Should be a win, on paper, but you can't sleepwalk into these things - not that it's stopped this team doing it in the past.

A bottom 5 defense and a bottom 10 offense, there's really no good reason to lose to the Wizards - the last time we played them we won 124-106. If the team shows up and gives it their all, there should be a repeat: sadly, we can't take such things for granted.

With regards to the injury report, Lonzo hs been upgraded to 'probable' - all else remains the same as it has been for us.

[As I See It]

If Lonzo is a go. I hope the team starts:

Lonzo
Marshall
JAXSON
BI
Zion

I won't hold my breath though.

[13 - 3]

Gosh if we lose to this team

[MichaelMcNamara]

Gosh if we lose to this team

The team that is better than us and at home?

I cant for the life of me figure out why we are the favorites. I know we won some games before the Knicks game but those werent real. Our opponent shot miserably. I would make us the clear underdogs in this game

[Pelicanidae]

BI's looking aggressive and moving well early

[Pelicanidae]

Just realised that between Avdija and Hachimura in back to back drafts, both in the top 10, the Wizards might be the team whose drafting style is least compatible with my views on drafting.

[Pelicanidae]

Not a fan of the early turnovers though, from BI and Zion

[Pelicanidae]

Zion's layup package is absolutely unreasonable

[Pelicanidae]

Why would Bledsoe ever close out hard on a Westbrook 3. Let him shoot that.

[As I See It]

There is literally one scoring threat on the floor right now for us...BI

Adams, JJ, Marshall, Kira, and BI.

[Taker597]

Ingram and Zion are coming out pretty hot.

[AusPel]

Instead of helping on Beal, JJ decides to run out to Bonga at the 3 pt line

Why does everyone become a super defensive retard when they pull on a Pels jersey?

[Pelicanidae]

BI just feeling it this firstquarter

[As I See It]

BI's First Quarter: 14 / 1 / 1; (5-7 / 2-2 / 2-2)

[As I See It]

If we had a stretch 5, the Daniel Gafford's of the world couldn't hang out in the lane helping off the ball.

[As I See It]

I stand by it. Whether we win or lose, we only have two legitimate 2021 NBA starters on this team. PERIOD!!!

[Pelicanidae]

Worst Zion half in some time, wow.

[As I See It]

Worst Zion half in some time, wow.

...against Rui Hachimura!!

[Pelicanidae]

Wizards just seem far more focused and locked in as a team right now

[MichaelMcNamara]

They are the better team. No need to overthink it.

[As I See It]

Totally outmanned and outplayed by the Wizards.

[AusPel]

Naji floata

It's all ova

[AusPel]

They are the better team. No need to overthink it.

Since when were inane posts your speciality

[As I See It]

Starting Guards: Pelicans = 4; Wizards = 17

......at the 3:54 mark of 2nd quarter.

[Pelicanidae]

Naji floata

It's all ova

Naji and Ingram have been good this first half. Obviously Ingram's hot as hell offensively and Naji has done good all around things.

If Zion can have a ''normal'' Zion second half, or something close to it, we should be alright.