December 4th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Sacramento Kings - 11-10

[Freyfamilyreuni]

Please give us the lakers

[Pelicanidae]

As a semi-final team, every Pelican is now guaranteed a minimum of $100k bonus.

Neat.

[Pelicanidae]

Next stop, Vegas ��

The @PelicansNBA ADVANCE to the NBA In-Season Tournament Semifinals! pic.twitter.com/Mx4S6xCVAY

— NBA (@NBA) December 5, 2023

[ragincaucasian]

Clutched up and held the lead in a hostile environment. If we can stay consistent we can go far.

[6warddude]

Naji and Jose jumped started the comeback with their defense and hustling.......

Go pels...

[As I See It]

Naji and Jose jumped started the comeback with their defense and hustling.......

Go pels...

Comebacks always start on the defensive end.

[stevemadden504]

Brandon played possessed if he play like that every game we'll be unstoppable

[AUSSIE_PELICAN]

As a semi-final team, every Pelican is now guaranteed a minimum of $100k bonus.

Neat.

Missed the game.
Any reason why Hawkins didn't play?

[djrnno]

As a semi-final team, every Pelican is now guaranteed a minimum of $100k bonus.

Neat.

Yeah , I'm glad for guys like Jose, Ryan, Naji and the guys that don't make the big $

[As I See It]

Methinks there was a subtle message sent tonight. If so, it's about time.

[13 - 3]

Damn . We own the Kings. Give me the Kings in the 1st round in April playoff tourney too.

[RobertM320]

What's nice about having played this extra game against the Kings is, we've clinched the tiebreaker with them, even if we lose the final two games. Might come in handy at playoff seeding time.

[JJackisangry]

Brandon played possessed if he play like that every game we'll be unstoppable

It’s much harder to motivate yourself to play a crappy team on a back to back. Not making excuses for anyone but that is true for most athletes. We have to get over that hump and show up every night. It won’t always go your way but damnit we need to stay consistent

[13 - 3]

Please give us the lakers

Adam Silver will see to it that we lose that game if it is the Lakers. I rather Suns.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

It’s so funny, listening to the TNT crew reacting to the highlights, you realize they didn’t actually watch the game.

[JJackisangry]

As for Zion, I don’t mind that he deferred tonight. He felt his handle was off a bit so he was a bit more passive than usual. There will be nights where it isn’t your night and at least he recognized that. I would however like to see him more comfortable taking the wide open shots and stopping a bit short with a jumper and a floater. Teams will try to cheese you. It’s the unfortunate truth. Just get comfortable taking them, punish them and things will begin to open up.

[Pelicanidae]

Pelicans 2021 rookie stats tonight:

Points: 48
Rebounds: 10
Assists: 8
Stocks: 7
56% FG
50% 3PT

Energy: UNLIMITED pic.twitter.com/kp3gr8OrSk

— yspaah (@yspaah) December 5, 2023

[13 - 3]

It’s so funny, listening to the TNT crew reacting to the highlights, you realize they didn’t actually watch the game.

Monday is a busy tv night. Football, wrestling, etc.

[As I See It]

Someone has had four 30 point games in the last 10 games.

[AussieHornet]

how good was the herb jones dunk on the coast to coast when sacramento applied the pressure. he was also fouled but nevermind that. bam!

[Pelicanidae]

As for Zion, I don’t mind that he deferred tonight. He felt his handle was off a bit so he was a bit more passive than usual. There will be nights where it isn’t your night and at least he recognized that. I would however like to see him more comfortable taking the wide open shots and stopping a bit short with a jumper and a floater. Teams will try to cheese you. It’s the unfortunate truth. Just get comfortable taking them, punish them and things will begin to open up.

I'm okay with him taking a backseat sometimes - especially in games where everyone else is going off at the same time, BI, Herb, Trey, etc - but I am a little uncertain about the minutes distribution, and some of the rotations involving Zion and JV both.

I do like that he contributed pretty well everywhere else outside of scoring though. An efficient 10 points is extremely mediocre by his standards, but 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, good post defense on Sabonis, in under 30 minutes played is fine by me.

[Freyfamilyreuni]

As for Zion, I don’t mind that he deferred tonight. He felt his handle was off a bit so he was a bit more passive than usual. There will be nights where it isn’t your night and at least he recognized that. I would however like to see him more comfortable taking the wide open shots and stopping a bit short with a jumper and a floater. Teams will try to cheese you. It’s the unfortunate truth. Just get comfortable taking them, punish them and things will begin to open up.

Zion was gassed playing three games in four nights. His conditioning still has a ways to go

[JJackisangry]

I'm okay with him taking a backseat sometimes - especially in games where everyone else is going off at the same time, BI, Herb, Trey, etc - but I am a little uncertain about the minutes distribution, and some of the rotations involving Zion and JV both.

I do like that he contributed pretty well everywhere else outside of scoring though. An efficient 10 points is extremely mediocre by his standards, but 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, good post defense on Sabonis, in under 30 minutes played is fine by me.

I always question Willie’s rotations as Zion should almost always be surrounded by shooting. But I would like Zion to start punishing teams for taking him lightly. He is capable of more than driving.

[JJackisangry]

Zion was gassed playing three games in four nights. His conditioning still has a ways to go

Makes sense why his handle was sloppy. He looked tired for sure

[Freyfamilyreuni]

I'm okay with him taking a backseat sometimes - especially in games where everyone else is going off at the same time, BI, Herb, Trey, etc - but I am a little uncertain about the minutes distribution, and some of the rotations involving Zion and JV both.

I do like that he contributed pretty well everywhere else outside of scoring though. An efficient 10 points is extremely mediocre by his standards, but 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, good post defense on Sabonis, in under 30 minutes played is fine by me.

Meh Chuck is right about Zion’s rebounding being subpar. I know Chuck’s old power forward position doesn’t exist anymore, and forwards aren’t going to have the same rebound numbers, but Zion has got to get more aggressive going after defensive rebounds