ESPN impressed by Zion Williamson drops 27 Pts lead Pelicans beat Hawks 116-103 to win 4th straight

ESPN impressed by Zion Williamson drops 27 Pts lead Pelicans beat Hawks 116-103 to win 4th straight

So Sunday Funday in Atlanta ends in a series split with the Hawks as we welcome you to Pelicans live presented by Toyota following a 13-point victory by one of the best road teams in the league New Orleans matching its longest win streak of the season now four straight behind lead scorer Trey Murphy

You saw the defense by a first team all Defender caliber player in our mind herb Jones also leading the team in Fast Break points this season Zion just behind Trey and scoring Chef bition 10 dim so much to get to as we remind you they remain a

Top five team in the Western Conference and one of the best teams away from home in fact tied with Minnesota a top the NBA in Road records 21 away from home for the Pelicans including the last three over short-handed Toronto over Philly without embiid and Maxi and of course today over Atlanta without

Allstar Trey young we welcome you into Pelicans live presented by Toyota where we’re going to bring you so much reaction to this one I hope you’re ready Aon hardigan along the Hall of Famer Nancy liberman eagerly looking up some numbers behind this massive Victory here today and I’ll say this if I’m being

Honest it’s a true joy for me for having covered this team as long as we have to watch a pelican Squad at this point in the season at full strength playing decimated squads because how many years did we remember the tables being turned the other way and I admire most the way

The Pelicans continue to conduct their business in these must wins well it’s how this this team has been brought together by by Griff and what he’s done with this team and trusted Willie Green Willie Green puts his thumb print on how he wants this organization to be on the

Floor and it’s really been great so you know tonight we can talk about a couple things first of all you know Trey Murphy theii I mean 20 28 points uh the try is what we’re calling him yeah I mean six from 13 for three but I you know I go

Back you know and look at the numbers you shoot 57% you know from the field you you’re just knocking down threes at 52% 32 of the 43 attempts were assisted so you’re not just throwing the ball around the gym you’re passing with purpose you’re looking for the guy who

Has the next best shot so progression passes matter when you’re a great team you you you went to the foul line more times you know than the home team 21 points off hawk turnovers and 56 points in the paint seven blocks so each one of those categories it sounds like a number yeah

It’s not a number it’s a building block to success and they hit all those measurables in the game this today and it all kind of started or began defensively a lot of that was was culminated by the defense LED of course by herb Jones who we continue to

Campaign for First Team all defense folks what’ you make of that effort well look everybody is swarming uh this is a very long lengthy team right here you’re forcing him into valent Tunis he gets the ball now you you’re you’re running look at Jose you know just fighting over

Screens you get the rebound one more time you don’t get beat he saw the plug guy in Larry Nance at the nail so you it slows you up and Nai says Hey thank you thank you for being plug guy and that’s the chemistry you see with this team right now right the

Appreciation for every other role on the squad recognizing what each of your teammates brings to the table and understanding that this can be done collectively as we have seen of late okay I’m going to go back to trust those numbers are about trust those numbers is

Like Nai is hoping if you get beat by a step Here Comes Larry Nance at the nail you’re the plug guy if somebody goes B Baseline and somebody comes over you’re the Mig guy you’re the most important guy because you came over you stopped the ball on the box and now you’re

Forcing them to pass it back out and use clock and maybe turn it over to Second side action it’s it’s a beautiful thing when everybody has that belief that you’re going to be there for me yeah and this team is doing it right now and then

You know once you get in transition and you have those Shooters around the ark yeah all you have to do is find the open guy you know pull the defense to you make the extra pass they can’t get there you know with foot speed because the

Ball is faster than foot speed yep the the Bargo offense in in full display I loved a lot of those picks we saw on the floor today how about them scoring 21 points off 11 swipes from Atlanta well that’s what you do right you know every little part of this means some success

You just talked about the the swipes and one more time you steal right here and that’s a steal look at the numbers de Murray doesn’t know who he is going to be guarding one more time you get it they’re standing you’re running you have the numbers there’s only one red jersey

And nobody gets back and you finish at The Rim one more time that area of the court it’s a steal and a score it’s a beautiful thing when everybody is working hard passing the ball um look at the numbers right there I love when herb literally herb

Pic herb picked one himself and and scored from The Fast Break he lead Jen had a had a wonderful uh hit mid broadcast on herb leading this squad in Fast Break points he has 140 plus just behind him is Zion with like maybe five fewer at this point I haven’t done the

Exact math but um we talked about his growth and evolution and I love that we talk about guys going as one leads this team goes as herb leads from defense to offense that is going to be their secret sauce moving forward through this well the secret sauce is not just herb I mean

Herb is really good and he should be you know on that first team all defense and he’s going to get that recognition because of how this team is playing You Can’t Hide a team that’s going to be fifth or fourth you know in the the you know Great Western Conference so but you

Know we just saw the video you’ve been talking about it for a few days is that you know Jose Alvarado he’s he’s sneaking in the corner and he has his back to the play and you throw it in next thing you know he’s coming up from

Behind Mighty Mouse you don’t see him he deflects it they get the ball back and it’s an easy score that is a great play that’s a Savvy play and he uses it not everybody uses it so he has definitely coined it yeah check this out right here

So they score like look at Jose he’s sitting there down he’s bending down nobody sees him and he stays on the court right this is again this is the Bronx and he comes in there you know they’re very savvy in the Bronx I’m from Brooklyn but it’s okay it’s okay I’m

Brooklyn Queens he’s Bronx we do the same stuff it’s brilliant you know you can’t see him you know he’s small anyway and he crouches down it’s almost like work smarter rather than harder I mean again you know he’s a guy that that tries to find ways to give himself an

Edge in those games and that has most definitely worked for him it’s a beautiful place so now I’m taking the ball out of bounds and I’ve got to look for Jose aado really I don’t want to do this and I love that he’s one of the

Guys that a lot of you know National National voices are kind of recognizing you know they’re like they’re like man they got this guy Jose and Nai and Trey Murphy is another one that has been discussed nationally Trey in fact um joined the 2,000 Point Club today first

And foremost hats off to him he had a game high 28 but I want to go back to when he came alive at the Garden 2 weeks ago he had 26 Off the Bench then in the last six games he was he is averaging over 20 points a game in that second

Unit well it’s his job to knock down those shots but you have to look at his teammates right here look they get the ball out he relocates for his shot he’s his feet are moving he gets to his spot the quality of your shot depends on the

Quality of your feet and both of these guys have incredible footw worth they do their job in different ways and the passing is contagious if one guy’s pass the ball another guy wants to pass the ball and it’s fun to watch I mean Zion yeah you talk about footwork you

Mentioned during the game today that you you love kind of the hot you see the the effect his his weight loss has had on those TR I mean look at that yeah his weight loss has sent that into the stand I hope nobody was injured from from here

He looks great he looks fantastic but you can just see he gets up everybody’s looking up the ball is being passed ahead and that’s what this game is about it’s a beautiful game look at that you draw you dish you dunk I mean you but you throughout the

Game and you’re sitting there you’re like man look at that second jump look at that third jump I mean no I mean he he is truly an anomaly in the league in terms of what he can do physically when he is fit and in the best shape and he

Most definitely is right now we we’ll need that through the final 18 well what you’re saying is it’s a combination of sheer force and power he obviously can fly and now he’s not getting tired he’s he just has that little giddy up in his game and I love it because he’s excited

And he’s focused and Zion is just a a blessing for people to watch and for kids to see what he can do and and he’s expanding his game also oh they all are this is a fun team to watch if you haven’t hopped on the bandwagon yet I’m sure fore foree Foree Foree speech for spee spee spee spee foree spe E Foree qu qu Um good no no no speee you child you fore spee spe for For mm for Fore Speech foreign speech spee foree for

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ESPN impressed by Zion Williamson exploded w/27 Pts to lead Pelicans 116-103 win over Hawks to win 4th straight

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