November 1st - Pacers @ Pelicans - 2-3

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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) November 1, 2024

Gameday update preview for #Pelicans 7 p.m. home game vs. Pacers, the start of four straight New Orleans contests in Blender (Pels try to get back in win column, with several key contributors sidelined by injury; two Pacers starters are questionable): https://t.co/2AYsE7xto0 pic.twitter.com/q33Oz3ygn7

— Jim Eichenhofer (@Jim_Eichenhofer) November 1, 2024

Herb Jones (right shoulder strain) will be OUT for 2-4 weeks, and CJ McCollum (right adductor strain) will also be OUT for 2-3 weeks, the Pelicans announced. pic.twitter.com/meoNnDeAa3

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 1, 2024

New Orleans does have an open roster spot but signing a player only adds to their luxury tax bill.

The Pelicans are $860K over the tax. https://t.co/Ym5QiugZhh

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) November 1, 2024

Dropping like flies to start this season. If they are going to keep it together its going to have to come on the defensive end. Tough call with the Pacers coming in tonight. Might be a good idea to bringback Elfrid with that open roster spot. He looked decent in preseason.

That last game was bad but if Zion has an average night its much closer at the end.

Keys to this game (Honestly this is every game until the cavalry arrives):
Play solid D for the entire game
Figure out how to get BI, Zion and Hawk all playing well offinsively at the same time. So far, this hasn't happened yet this season.

Local OTA channels and pels+ for TV.

[6warddude]

Hawkins back spasms so dont know how long or well he will play.....

we have three 3pt shooters who will be out for about 3 weeks...so zion life is about to be hell with team packing the paint and living with hawkins making 3s....ingram life also is about to be hell with teams attacking him early and getting the ball out of his hands for others to beat us...

starting center and backup center are banged up...

matt ryan should be on this team for some kind of outside shooting and floor spacing....

we have no PG for about a month....

this is bad...but i think the pelican stand tall tonight and somehow get the win....

go pels...

[P_B_&_G]

Hawkins back spasms so dont know how long or well he will play.....

we have three 3pt shooters who will be out for about 3 weeks...so zion life is about to be hell with team packing the paint and living with hawkins making 3s....ingram life also is about to be hell with teams attacking him early and getting the ball out of his hands for others to beat us...

starting center and backup center are banged up...

matt ryan should be on this team for some kind of outside shooting and floor spacing....

we have no PG for about a month....

this is bad...but i think the pelican stand tall tonight and somehow get the win....

go pels...

I like your optimism. They had some spurts in the last couple games of really good defense but couldn't sustain it. If they can get more consistent there they might have a shot as long as BI and Zion have average nights and a third scorer steps up.

[msusousaphone]

It's on TV for me!

Man. Our defense has been insanely bad this season. Like All-Star game bad. Weirdly not Willie Green-like..

[hornetsrebirth]

Strong right hand finish by Zion against Myles Turner in the post followed by Jose Alvarado steal in to fast break Zion lob. We back!

[hornetsrebirth]

Part of the problem on defense is that guy Boston, i think nobody told him when guarding the ball handler you're supposed to stop them from going right to the rim

[hornetsrebirth]

Non Zion minutes are brutal... Not purely BIs fault either man they got him out there with some guys who shouldnt have made it past preseason

[hornetsrebirth]

BI with a nice 3! going to need more of those

[hornetsrebirth]

Daniel Theis with 2 big man stops on defense and then sinks a 3... ok Daniel

[hornetsrebirth]

Look at the +/- at the half

Zion + 4
Ingram +7
Missi +1
Alvarado +7
Hawkins +5
Theis +6

Cain -13
JRE -7
Boston -5
Green -5

Those 4 guys should not be getting any minutes at all, it really is that simple.

[msusousaphone]

Part of the problem on defense is that guy Boston, i think nobody told him when guarding the ball handler you're supposed to stop them from going right to the rim

Yeah. Him and Hawkins. I have high hopes for the kid but he just isn't ready for long term minutes. He looks so lost when on D.

[P_B_&_G]

Missi might pan out...

[hornetsrebirth]

Ingram is having a monster game. He's taken 3s and worked to get close to the rim shots too, and set up teammates with great passes, and played solid defense

[JJackisangry]

Should I close my eyes?

[JJackisangry]

Everyone showing up tonight including BBJ. That is more like it. We will need some of those end of the bench guys to show up down this stretch. Protect the home court while we have it.

[hornetsrebirth]

Huge win, team badly needed this one. It wasnt pretty, they did fall behind by a lot on 2 separate occasions, but they didn't quit.

[JJackisangry]

Cavs are scary. Hawks are very hit and miss. If we can take 2 out of the next 3, we are in really decent shape. Really have to beat Portland. One of the others would be a bonus with our roster banged up. We should be winning these games on our home court. Pacers are no pushover though so it is a good win.

[WhyHornetsWhy]

Trade CJ + Herb + 4 1sts for Giannis

Would you do it?

A lineup of this would be insane

DJM
Trey/Hawkins
BI
Z/
Giannis

Keep this trade going and trade BI bench depth and move Trey to the 3 to make a run a championship

[Creative]

Finally, we played with commitment, bettter defense and with heart. Missi is growing before our eyes! I like BI's involvement - I'm starting to have question marks about his contract

[6warddude]

Hawkins back spasms so dont know how long or well he will play.....

we have three 3pt shooters who will be out for about 3 weeks...so zion life is about to be hell with team packing the paint and living with hawkins making 3s....ingram life also is about to be hell with teams attacking him early and getting the ball out of his hands for others to beat us...

starting center and backup center are banged up...

matt ryan should be on this team for some kind of outside shooting and floor spacing....

we have no PG for about a month....

this is bad...but i think the pelican stand tall tonight and somehow get the win....

go pels...

im the only person who believed in the pelicans.....im so disappointed in yall lol....

[Fedupfan]

im the only person who believed in the pelicans.....im so disappointed in yall lol....

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t very hopeful. I just didn’t see a version of them that looked like they enjoyed the game. Last night was much better.