New Orleans Pelicans Lose to Clippers 100-120
It started off hard to watch for the New Orleans Pelicans, then the second quarter happened. Then, it was hard to watch the rest of the way. That is a short, sweet, and healthy recap, but here’s a little more. Up until early in the fourth quarter, both teams were somehow shooting above 50 percent from the floor. Prior to this, in the first half, the Clippers started the game on a 34-18 run, the Pelicans then responded with a 34-18 run of their own, with both teams going into halftime tied at 54. Oh yeah, and this happened tonight:
120. 77. 100. 69. Final
New Orleans Pelicans. JRUE HOLIDAY. D-. Seven points, and six assists. It wasn’t good. <strong><a href=. PG
C-. Tyreke didn’t have a HORRIBLE stat line, but it wasn’t pretty. Sounds like the rest of the team tonight actually. Tyreke struggled, and his opposition in JJ Reddick was shooting what appeared to be a flamethrower off most of the game. The league has refused to comment. . SF/PG/SG. New Orleans Pelicans. TYREKE EVANS
B. I’m probably the first to do it this year, but <strong><a href=. PF/C. New Orleans Pelicans. ANTHONY DAVIS
B+. When he was on the court, he struggled with the athleticism of the Clippers front court, but we knew that would happen. He put up 10 and 10 against a front court that is far and away better as a whole. . C. New Orleans Pelicans. OMER ASIK
B. I’m starting to feel repetitive here. In the first half, <strong><a href=. PF/SF. New Orleans Pelicans. RYAN ANDERSON
I’m surprised too. <strong><a href=. PG/SG. New Orleans Pelicans. AUSTIN RIVERS. B
C. <strong><a href=. SF/PF. New Orleans Pelicans. DANTE CUNNINGHAM
HAHAHAHA. . SF. New Orleans Pelicans. JOHN SALMONS. F
A. He played for 10 minutes, and scored zero points, missing four shots, yet he still impressed me a lot. <strong><a href=. PG. New Orleans Pelicans. MEKEL
A-. <strong><a href=. SF. New Orleans Pelicans. LUKE BABBITT
Other Observations:
- Monty Williams gets an F. His rotations are horrible, and if the team keeps losing, he probably wont have a job past January.
- Luke Babbitt was playing well until Monty Williams decided to sit him for quite some time. While I’d say he was going to gain some confidence from tonight, Monty’s rotations may have eliminated that hope with his rotations.
- If someone else from this team is going to get cut this season, Jimmer Freddette is the lead candidate. Gal Mekel came into this game, and already played better than any 5 minute stretch than Jimmer has all season.