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New Orleans Pelicans can’t contain Gordon Hayward lose to Jazz 100-96

By Matt Cianfrone

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Not much was expected from the New Orleans Pelicans once it was announced that Anthony Davis and Ryan Anderson would be joining Jrue Holiday on the sidelines for Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Without three of their best six players it would be tough for the Pelicans to do enough to win. 

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Despite a 10 point lead at halftime that was exactly what happened as Eric Gordon‘s 31 points weren’t enough to overcome Gordon Hayward‘s 32 and the Pelicans fell to the Jazz 100-96.

118. 96. 69. Final. 100

ERIC GORDON. A-. It is a tough game to grade for Gordon. Finishing with 31 points on 14 shots is always a nice game but the six turnovers hurt. But two of those turnovers could be placed on the lack of hands of <strong><a href=. SG. New Orleans Pelicans

TYREKE EVANS. C. <strong><a href=. SF/PG/SG. New Orleans Pelicans

OMER ASIK. A. Asik played his role wonderfully tonight. When he was in the game the Jazz really struggled to score at the rim. When he wasn’t Utah got easy looks. In the end his time off the floor had a massive impact.  . C. New Orleans Pelicans

<strong><a href=. PG. New Orleans Pelicans. TONEY DOUGLAS. C+

C. The five blocks were nice but we continue to get closer and closer to <strong><a href=. SF/PF. New Orleans Pelicans. DANTE CUNNINGHAM

C. <strong><a href=. SF. New Orleans Pelicans. QUINCY PONDEXTER

B. The defense wasn’t great but it will never be with <strong><a href=. SF. New Orleans Pelicans. LUKE BABBITT

B-. Alexis Ajinca got in foul trouble in the first half and never got in a great rhythm after that. He did ok overall but at times was slow on rotations that allowed Utah to get easy buckets or offensive rebounds.  . C. New Orleans Pelicans. ALEXIS AJINCA

C. New Orleans Pelicans. JEFF WITHEY. C+. It wasn’t a horrible night for <strong><a href=

Other observations: 

  • This is a tough loss for the Pelicans because of what it means in the standings and not what happened on the floor. The Pelicans just can’t afford to lose too many more games and so injury losses like this one are just tough to swallow. It hurts even more that New Orleans led by double digits at halftime as well.
  • The turnovers were tough to really focus on because of how little the Pelicans had on offense. Tyreke Evans and Eric Gordon had to do a ton tonight for New Orleans to score and in those situations tough passes get forced and dropped by bigs with bad hands.
  • It doesn’t sound like Anthony Davis will be back Wednesday. Jennifer Hale reported it will be a multistage process for AD to return. I would expect him to sit out until the All Star Game.
  • The Pelicans try to bounce back on Wednesday against the Pacers.

Tweet of the night: 

Steve Novak may have made more threes tonight but his hair has nothing on Luke Babbitt.

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