May 1st - New Orleans Pelicans @ Minnesota Timberwolves - 28-35

[Pelicanidae]

Tonight is Lonzo's first ever 30 point game, he has 31

[Chavan30]

It's a necessary/sufficient issue. Talent is necessary, but not sufficient; you need luck, chemistry, health, etc to help. But the first step is getting the talent: nothing can substitute for that.

Understood. We are in a weird spot where we could have a better record if we didn’t play stupidly, but we do need much more shooting and defense.

[Chavan30]

I am afraid we are going to overpay Lonzo.

[Pelicanidae]

I am afraid we are going to overpay Lonzo.

A perfectly justifiable worry imo

[Pelicanidae]

Endgame, Pels win in OT.

Zion finishes with 37/9/8/1/2 on 82.4%FG
Lonzo adds 33/11/9/3/0 on 47.6%FG (8/17 from 3)

Ingram had a rough night shooting, finishing with 14 points on 4/17

[Chavan30]

I have never seen anyone as efficient as Zion.

[luckyman]

I am afraid we are going to overpay Lonzo.

We know Lonzo. He'll go 5 - 20 in an important game to remind them not to.

Probably these next 2 games of disappointment on the way.

[Chavan30]

We know Lonzo. He'll go 5 - 20 in an important game to remind them not to.

Probably these next 2 games of disappointment on the way.

Ha. Probably.

[Pelicanidae]

Zion Williamson tonight:

37 PTS
9 REB
8 AST
14-17 FG

He joins Nikola Jokic as the only players to drop 35/8/8 on 80% shooting in the last 20 seasons. pic.twitter.com/38OfMlRxrF

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 2, 2021

[AusPel]

I am afraid we are going to overpay Lonzo.

He'll put a stack of points up at he beginning of the game to pad his box score stats

But he's terrible in the clutch and would only get worse in the pressure of the playoffs

[Pelicanidae]

Players to record 10+ games with 30 PPG on 70 FG% in a season since 1983:

— Shaquille O’Neal
— Charles Barkley
— Karl Malone
— Kevin McHale
— Zion Williamson pic.twitter.com/LbeXkKputi

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 2, 2021

[luckyman]

But I won't rain on this parade. Great game from Lonzo in a gritty effort to close this one out. Especially on a night where BI can't throw it in the ocean. Too many jump shots. Too many TOs from Zion. Once again, too many missed FTs.

And they still pulled it out. Great win.

[Chavan30]

Agreed. I didn’t think they had this in them.

[AusPel]

Players to record 10+ games with 30 PPG on 70 FG% in a season since 1983:

— Shaquille O’Neal
— Charles Barkley
— Karl Malone
— Kevin McHale
— Zion Williamson pic.twitter.com/LbeXkKputi

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 2, 2021

They need to hire a new artist

That looks like Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel Air

[Pelicanidae]

He'll put a stack of points up at he beginning of the game to pad his box score stats

But he's terrible in the clutch and would only get worse in the pressure of the playoffs

He also tends to get shy after he's played well. By which I mean, it's not uncommon for him to have a good first half where he'll shoot well from the floor and then in the second half completely disappear. It almost looks like he's trying to protect his numbers, like he's going ''I shot 5/8 from 3 in the first half so I'll just not shoot anymore cause 5/8 for a game looks good''.

Not saying he does think that, but it looks that way a lot.

[Chavan30]

7 turn overs for Zion. Ouch.

[Pelicanidae]

7 turn overs for Zion. Ouch.

Yep, career high TOs for him. 7 missed FTs too.

Fantastic game for him overall but clear areas to improve.

[Chavan30]

Good night guys, I’ll be black ranting Monday.

[6warddude]

well i guess we will do the reverse thing and beat them since we are short handed/injure lol....

pelicans lol...

[ragincaucasian]

Tonight is Lonzo's first ever 30 point game, he has 31

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[Pelicanidae]

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Cut him now for that video alone.

[Taker597]

Really trash win to be frank. Im kind of done praising this team for beating trash cans with their obsession with mediocrity. Players will improve is a given, but we won't see the fruits of their labor in their prime.

[AusPel]

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Cringe level over 9000

[Creative]

Great game and BIG win guys! Now let's see what happend...

[Impose]

The Lonzo hate is so dumb at this point. He works really well with Zion and Ingram. I wouldn't max him but anything upto 20mil offer I'd match. We really just need one more guy that can corner 3 as a 5 then use them with Zion/BI/Lonzo and whoever is hot between Kira and NAW and we would be able to close games a lot better.

I really like Naz Reid personally.