The New Orleans Pelicans finally lost a game after a 7 game winning streak. Zion Williamson was able to score but the Pels struggled to generate any other offense. Jake Madison answers if you should be concerned after this loss and what adjustments can be made to win Thursday’s matchup. Plus, We have a Brandon Ingram injury update.
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On a scale of 1-10 how concerned are you after the Pelicans loss to the Jazz?
Cj can’t be point guard he needs to be shooting guard. When it comes to getting open to make his shot selection he’s not that guy I rather him be spot up shooter
I wanted to win 10 in a row, but 7 ain’t bad.
LETS GEAUX PELS, WBD… we good man I don’t think Willie should have started Herb if ain’t broke don’t fix , and my man TriggerTrey gotta step it up
We’re just tired
Not concerned, you can't win them all…they will be fine.
Stringing together multiple consecutive victories in the NBA is very difficult to do, and winning two games in a row against a NBA team is even more difficult! The Jazz had their star players on the court after a multigame absence. I'm not concerned too much about their bad shooting in this game b/c that comes and goes! But, as good as their defense has been playing so far this season, the consistent weakness still remains giving up too many uncontested 3 point shots to good 3 point shooters! It only takes at least 3 of those for them to fall behind by 9-10 points. They got to try to force those good 3 point shooters off the 3 point line and not just allow them to shoot comfortable shots b/c that is what those guys do for a living. They are not going to miss too many wide open 3 point shots!!!
Nothing was expose man we missing one of our star players. That's like the Lakers missing Anthony Davis or the warriors missing Klay Thompson. It's was bound to happen
CJ off ball only
Zion foul trouble changed the game
Do we have enough ball to feed to our big 3 and the other boys ?
The only thing it exposes is that McCollum needs to stop shooting.
My team everyday
I hope he doesn't need surgery…. if so these doctors need to be fired
Not concerned about the loss but it does highlight some rotation issues with WG going with these 2 small guard lineups. They have been able to get away with it but teams will notice and start attacking it more often.
Zion’s fouls & they looked tired. They’ll bounce back.
Not concerned at all . Defense was great just a terrible shooting night for everyone. Happens to the best of em
Concerned???!!! It’s one loss relax people, we just ran off 7 in a row
Need to get BI back so defenses stop solely focusing on zion
not concern at all over this lost… the pels shot like booty and they are allowed to do so because they are a young team and young teams do this after battling over 2 hard fought games against the suns. this is something they will have to learn as they grow because if they truly look at these games one game at a time, they would not have played that bad but its ok.. im not worried one bit.
Hi Jake , 2
JORDAN CLARKSTON JULIUS RANDLE PLAYED WITH INGRAM IN L.A YES HES A STAR PLAYER BUT HIS EMERGENCE CAME ON SLOW FOR HIM BEING THE MOST TALENTED SO PLEASE STOP COMPARING HIM TO Z. THE THINGS HE DID LAST YEAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN DONE ABOUT 2 3 YEARS AGO. NAME ME MORE THAN 1 STRETCH HE HAS HAD LIKE ZION IN N.B.A WAITING NO COMPARISON
My concern is CJ McCollum's FGA per game. I love him as a leader, but he's taking the most shots at 17.2 per game, other than Z and BI, nobody else averages 10 FGA per game. Meanwhile, he has the worst True Shooting % out of our main 11 man rotation. Granted he's having an off-year, but his career avg is 55% which would still be the second lowest on the team. His Playoff TS% is 52.6%. I think we would win the Chip if Zion averaged 20 shots a game and CJ averaged less than 10.
Thanks for the content even after a loss. Know it’s not as much fun as the last 2 weeks of videos, but appreciate the breakdown for those of us who didn’t catch the entire game.
We have to be +11 in points in the paint against the Jazz. Also dont let them get offensive rebounds. Thats the formula and we failed at both.
Also teams are now using 2 and 3… 7 footers againsr us. We got to play Jax or Willy at center more when teams load up the box. Coach Willy got out coached also by the Jazz.
Its time to give Kira some run 2 he looks ready. He and Seabron are our fastest players.
Although a loss ,great seeing Kira, and even Jaxson Hayes getting minutes
The facts ya get so down on losses on a 82 game season in December kills me
I think it’s time for Willie to make a bold change and start Dyson at the 1 ahead of Herb and Trey. His ability to facilitate as a point guard allows cj to play off ball at the 2, his best position and provides the same defensive intensity as Herb with better offence
Why would you say concerned??? It's early in the season and it's one game. They lost that's all.
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I remember when we were talking about Zion for MVP some people said no because the team is too deep.
Small sample size but this might indicate that the team is nowhere near as good as they might seem once you remove Zion. Unlike Memphis last year who won about as often without Ja as they did with him.
Two worries. BI's toe. I hope this is not one of those things that he misses another week and then hey determine he needs surgery and is out 6 to 8 weeks.
Second worry is three point shooting, especially Trey Murphy III. He seems to be in a bit of a funk. Not only missing 3 pointers, but not willing to take them when he is open. He is now missing dunks and free throws.