Game day in the Valley ☀️
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) October 28, 2022
🏀: vs Suns
🕘: 9pm CT
📺: Bally Sports NO / ESPN
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Last game the Pelicans picked up their third win, something the team didn't achieve last year until November 19th. Tonight, we see if the record can improve to 4-1 as we travel to Phoenix.
The good news first: we know that this team, on paper, can beat Phoenix. We know that because when we played them in the playoffs last year, we did beat them a few times and even some of the losses were close. Combine that with growing discontent among their roster - neither Jae Crowder nor Ayton seem to want to be there - and the fact that Chris Paul looks like someone stole his ability to shoot, we should be feeling even more confident.
The bad news: Our roster has a huge amount of injury warnings and it's highly probably that we'll be missing some big names. Ingram is the obvious one: he's just out, in concussion protocol, and won't be back for at least a few more games. After that, Zion, Herb, Jose, CJ, and dyson are all questionable with various sprains, contusions, and hyperextensions.
I'll put it simply: if all of those guys are out, we're losing this game. That shouldn't shock anyone. If maybe one of them is out, or even 2 depending on which, there's a chance. If they're all back, we should win.
So let's see what happens with the injuries and see if 4-1 and is a possibility.