the gift that keeps on giving. Pels basketball is on today 🎁
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) December 26, 2022
🕖: 7:00pm CT
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Pels back on the court for the first game after Christmas - only a little while left in 2022 so let's try and end it as strong as possible.
Tonight we play the Pacers. We don't have Ingram, and Nance is still questionable, but Zion returns to the lineup - he is not listed on the injury report per yesterday (Eichenhofer).
The Pacers are a team we last saw in early November, in a game we lost by 7. That night, we had all 3 of our big three healthy but it was a night where CJ was in his early season doldrums and they had 3 starters with at least 20 - and all 5 had 15. We were also outrebounded, 45-43.
But they also shot 49% from 3 as a team, which isn't particularly likely to happen again, and CJ is starting to round back into his real self, so things could look differently at home - that game was in Indiana.
Still, a tough outing against a pretty solid team with a lot of dangerous elements. Team needs to come out with intensity and not be impacted too much by the holiday layoff.
Let's go!