New Orleans Pelicans: Grades for huge win over the Bucks
New Orleans Pelicans vs. Milwaukee Bucks: Grades for the shooting guards
ERIC BLEDSOE. A. . Shooting Guard. New Orleans Pelicans
I don’t know what has gotten into Eric Bledsoe the last three games but he suddenly looks like an All-Star.
Bledsoe has always been a streaky shooter and he is in the middle of one now, knocking down another seven 3-pointers against the Bucks and ending with 25 points.
The Pels are going to be tough to beat if Bledsoe and Lonzo hit 14 threes between them, which may never happen again.
Bledsoe has quietly been one of the most consistent Pelicans this season, vacillating from solid to great on any given night.
He set the tone against his old team and his 3-point shooting carried the Pels early on.
P.S. Every time Bledsoe has a bad game, someone throws an old tweet in my face where I said Bledsoe was “not a huge drop off from Jrue Holiday.” Where are these trolls when Bledsoe plays like this? Just curious. Oh, and I am right.
A. . Shooting Guard. New Orleans Pelicans. JOSH HART
Josh Hart had his best game of the season, defending all over the floor and finally knocking down some open shots.
When the Pels have at least one bench player shoot the ball well, they are very difficult to beat. Unfortunately, it hasn’t happened often this season, but Hart was on fire last night.
Not only did he end up with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, but he hit 3-of-5 from 3-point range. They were also timely shots that the Pels needed as the Bucks were mounting their comeback.
New Orleans Pelicans. NICKEIL ALEXANDER-WALKER. F. . Shooting Guard
Yikes.
What is going on with Nickeil Alexander-Walker? Since his big 37-point game he has basically disappeared.
One thing about NAW is that a lot of his shots are not good shots. When he makes them, great, but when he doesn’t? They are just bad shots.
If your game relies this heavily on high degree of difficulty shots, then you are not going to be consistent, it’s that simple.
NAW is shooting way too many 3-point shots for a guy who can’t hit them and needs to start going to the rim, as he did twice last night against the Bucks.
Otherwise, he just chucked up five 3-pointers and missed them all.