December 28th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Minnesota Timberwolves - 21-12

[ragincaucasian]

And there was JOYOUS CURSING and glad tidings in my household tonight.

[ragincaucasian]

And the Lakers lost.

We coming for that draft pick

[PaKwAn]

Minny deciding to have rudy down the stretch kinda helped us, cause reid did better defending zion and stretching out the floor as well

[Spec3333]

DD with great D on Edwards for the final shot of the game. Hell yeah Pelicans!

To have a rookie guarding the opponent's best shooter on the game-deciding shot says a lot about DD.
I wouldn't trade Dyson for any of the rookies selected before him in this year's draft aside from Banchero.
An elite NBA defender at age 19 is hard to fathom.

[AUSSIE_PELICAN]

To have a rookie guarding the opponent's best shooter on the game-deciding shot says a lot about DD.
I wouldn't trade Dyson for any of the rookies selected before him in this year's draft aside from Banchero.
An elite NBA defender at age 19 is hard to fathom.

Wait till he adds his offensive game, which will be easier to add in 2-3 years. He's gonna be a killer. These ****** Aussies.

[neworleanshoo]

Just back from the Blender. Team seemed a bit "off" for much of the night (the bench in particular) but suddenly I looked up and Zion was nearing a career high. Great atmosphere and - it should go without saying - phenomenal effort from Zion, driving against a brick wall of 3 or 4 guys for much of the night.

I'd still like to see us take more 3's (Trey was hot - keep finding him!) .. but there's not much to criticize from this squad right now. Hard to believe we're (still) doing it all without Ingram.

[As I See It]

Denver lost to Kings. Pelicans are now tied for the Number One Seed in the West.

[Pelicanidae]

MVP type stuff from Zion at the end there.

Seen a lot of complaining on Twitter from Wolves fans about that elbow to Gobert, but it was clearly within the shooting motion.

[As I See It]

Bench contributed a total of 11 points tonight.

[Pelicanidae]

"This the crib... The city deserves this. The city deserves to have a basketball team. The Saints been holding it down for so many years, you gotta give them that respect. But this city deserves to have the Pelicans be great too"

-- Zion on the importance of winning home games pic.twitter.com/qpfWPPAgoJ

— Pelicans Film Room (@PelsFilmRoom) December 29, 2022

[AusPel]

What a Perfect Pels-day

Lakers lost
Denver lost
Phoenix lost
Wiz won
We won

[Pelicanidae]

Last year we were 13-22 on the 29th of december.

This year, we're 22-12. What a turnaround.

[13 - 3]

Only 3 pages? At least we are selling games out now. Winning cures everything !

[13 - 3]

Doesn’t this fan post here?

Thanks for making the trip @LyleSwithenbank ����

�� @DysonDaniels #Pelicans https://t.co/SbRNheKRSi pic.twitter.com/ll1sTp8z5f

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 29, 2022

[AusPel]

That's NBA player Dyson Daniels

[As I See It]

Sure does look good even if it's only 34 games in:

https://www.nba.com/standings

[neworleanshoo]

Dyson is so good in all aspects of the game .. except his shooting. He just can't finish!

I continue to believe his shot will come around and when it does, we have another special player. He's really fun to watch, especially on the defensive end.

[Pelicanidae]

Zion in his last dozen games:

29.8pts, 7.9rbds, 5.8asts, 1.4stls, 1.0blks on 64/36/73 shooting, 9.9FTAs per game, +9.5 bpm.

MVP level player.

[Upper Decker]

What a fun ending to an otherwise frustrating game.

The Wolves did a good job of denying Zion the ball in the first half, but he could not be stopped in the final 6 minutes. The SKC was packed. We all knew it was sold out, but being in the building, you could really feel it. Big time performances from Zion (duh), DD (that offensive rebound off the Naji corner 3 was HUGE as was his defense on the final play) and Trey (5-6 from 3).

Can't wait to go back on Friday night.

[pelafanatic]

That game from Z was Lamarcus Aldridge-esque

[urboyJD]

That game from Z was Lamarcus Aldridge-esque

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[AD-AT]

Wolves and their fans are doing an absurd amount of whining about Zion after this one. It's December. Move on.

"He's playing football, we're playing basketball. We can't touch him or guard him."

- DLo on Zion

(h/t @WolvesRadio ) pic.twitter.com/XeWi0x3Rtn

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) December 29, 2022

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[stevemadden504]

Wait till he adds his offensive game, which will be easier to add in 2-3 years. He's gonna be a killer. These ****** Aussies.

You mean "kella" jk

[Freyfamilyreuni]

That game from Z was Lamarcus Aldridge-esque

Lol

[RobertM320]

Dyson is so good in all aspects of the game .. except his shooting. He just can't finish!

I continue to believe his shot will come around and when it does, we have another special player. He's really fun to watch, especially on the defensive end.

This. And Willie obviously trusts Dyson enough on the defensive end to have him guarding the person everyone knew was going to take the last shot for MIN.