November 29th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Philadelphia 76ers - 9-9

[Pelicanidae]

Pels Timeout.

Again, good timeout. A few good TOs from Green this game

[Freyfamilyreuni]

What the hell

[Pelicanidae]

I get the mentality of ''just sit guys, it's the 4th and we're up 20, should be able to garbage time it'' but the Sixers aren't a team that does that, they want wins so they're going to fight. If they were Chicago or something it might be okay but tonight the guys are just going to have to close it out or they will force a comeback and no one wants that.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

Need to keep giving Dyson minutes despite everything

[Pelicanidae]

Need to keep giving Dyson minutes despite everything

I don't understand the hate the last few games honestly. Yes the 3pt shooting has been poor, but he was shooting well above his averages so everyone should have expected him to have a few ''back to earth'' games, and outside of shooting he's been great still. Amazing defense, rebounding well, making good passes, what more do people want from a 20 year old? He's still 20 until March.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

I like Jose but I think we’ve seen his ceiling

[Freyfamilyreuni]

You weren’t kidding about the 6ers being bad defensively

[Pelicanidae]

I like Jose but I think we’ve seen his ceiling

I think we've not seen enough to judge definitively this season. Comes back after like 9 months off with injury, so is obviously rusty, and then tonight gets injured at least a bit in the first half. Hard to really judge too intensely.

[Pelicanidae]

You weren’t kidding about the 6ers being bad defensively

Yeah they're bad and without Embiid, they're even worse. Got what we wanted all game.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

Haven’t watched Wemby play yet so I’ll be curious to see the hype. I’ve been joking that he’s the next Ralph Samson.

[Pelicanidae]

Pels win 124-114

Zion - 33/8/6 with 3 steals on 143.1% TS
BI - 15/4/6 with a steal and a block on 103.8% TS
CJ - 20/3/5 with 2 steals and a block on 61.9% TS (great way to come back)
JV - 19/6/3 on 104% TS

Herb's 5 turnovers is really the only blemish on the starting lineup. Everyone was at least a +10 tonight.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

I thought BI played pretty good help defense

[Pelicanidae]

Haven’t watched Wemby play yet so I’ll be curious to see the hype. I’ve been joking that he’s the next Ralph Samson.

He's phenomenal and does things that shouldn't be possible for someone of his size but he's also clearly still adjusting so it's a weird combination between him breaking everything you think is possible and then also just normal rookie stuff.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

His outside game may give Jonas fits

[Pelicanidae]

Players to score 33+ points in a single game without recording a missed field goal:

Wilt Chamberlain (3x)
Nikola Jokic
Bailey Howell
Zion Williamson

— Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) November 30, 2023

Zion finished the game 11/11 from the floor and 11/12 from the FT line

[Fedupfan]

I get the mentality of ''just sit guys, it's the 4th and we're up 20, should be able to garbage time it'' but the Sixers aren't a team that does that, they want wins so they're going to fight. If they were Chicago or something it might be okay but tonight the guys are just going to have to close it out or they will force a comeback and no one wants that.

I had a feeling starters would come back. Nurse doesn?t let them quit. Especially not against a team that is known for blowing leads. Pels own reputation is why they can never relax.

[Pelicanidae]

11/11 is the most shots without a miss in Pelicans franchise history.

The last time someone had 33 points on 100% shooting was Jokic in 2018; the last time before that was Wilt in 1969.

Pels are 5-1 in Zion's last 6 games, he's averaging 28/4.8/5.7 on 71.4% shooting.

[Pelicanidae]

BI and Zion have now played more games together this season than they did last season total - it is still November.

[Pelicanidae]

Game Recap: pic.twitter.com/k3SFZbgnhe

— Larry Nance (@Larrydn22) November 30, 2023

[As I See It]

Until we learn how to close out teams, especially teams that are crippled...we will continue to be an "also ran".

We were outscored in the second half by 10 and yielded 114 points to Joel Embiid-less 76'er team. That's sorry!!!

Don't be fooled by the occasional steal; you play defense with your feet.

We are good for five to seven minutes a night of 'stupid' play.

[Mrakar]

To be fair, all Pelicans shot attempts either came from 3-point range or in the lane during the first half. https://t.co/J5Avct3PnF pic.twitter.com/tUBBEvgu9l

— Oleh Kosel ���� (@OlehKosel) November 30, 2023

This shot chart is basically just a dream

This obviously works for us, but we have to take those midrangers against bad teams in order to lose some games, we can't allow ourselves to be on top of the West standings....

[Pelicanidae]

This obviously works for us, but we have to take those midrangers against bad teams in order to lose some games, we can't allow ourselves to be on top of the West standings....

There are times taking the midranger is good. It depends on matchups and what's going.

But yeah, midrangers should be something you go to in order to maximise a specific mis-match, or as a bailout for broken plays. They're useful to have but your offense shouldn't be aiming for them. Tonight they didn't force us into anything uncomfortable so there's no real reason to go to the midrange.

[Pelicanidae]

"I don't think we have a ceiling... We just need to become elite with the small nuances of the game"

-- Zion Williamson on the team's ceiling pic.twitter.com/I9yWNjO2St

— Pelicans Film Room (@PelsFilmRoom) November 30, 2023

[Pelicanidae]

"I think I live for stuff like that... There ain't no tomorrow. We gotta figure this out right now. That's when you see the best in people"

-- Zion on the Win or Go Home scenario pic.twitter.com/8PyC48y1Xp

— Pelicans Film Room (@PelsFilmRoom) November 30, 2023

[Creative]

It's amazing how this team can play well and win against good teams, but fails and loses against weak ones. Weak mentality??