New Orleans Pelicans: The shooting has been inconsistent
Another hallmark of this season of ups and downs has been the inconsistent shooting.
The Pelicans shot a scorching 65 percent against the Clippers overall, including 46 percent from 3-point range. When the Pels shots are going in, they look almost impossible to beat.
When they aren’t? Well, just ask the Timberwolves, who have gotten nearly 25 percent of their total wins against the Pelicans this season.
The Pels shot just 43 percent overall in the blowout loss to the Timberwolves including just 18 percent from 3-point range.
This is the Trick-or-Treat Pelicans in a nutshell: they are either blowing teams out or getting blown out.
The defense and effort are obvious factors but so is the shooting, as I’ve never seen a streakier team than this version of the New Orleans Pelicans, who go from Peak-Warriors to a bad team from the 1990’s from one quarter to the next.
After scoring 34 points in the first quarter against the Timberwolves, the Pels backed it up with 26,22 and 23 points in the next three.
We’ve seen the best and worst of the Pels’ inconsistent shooting this week and it’s been like this all season.