The New Orleans Pelicans are no longer first in the West after losing in overtime to the Utah Jazz. Jake Madison breaks down what happened defensively and why the issue isn’t what you think it might be. Plus, while Zion Williamson got his points the rest of the offense struggled at times. What changes can the Pels make?
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22 Comments
Do you think defensive rebounding was an issue for the Pelicans?
Defensive rebounds was a problem 2 games straight… why would coach not rotate jaxson…
To me, it’s so frustrating how we rarely expose mismatches while I have to sit and watch the suns pick apart mismatches the whole game.. which ultimately leads to offensive rebounds because our guards are in the paint 😤
The 7 win streak might be pure coincidence when even the magic won 4 in a row. I don’t see often all this won’t bow down culture in tough situation though. With all the assets we had from AD and Jrue trade, being 1st in the western conference for 1 week in 3y Griff is really the minimum.
Is really time to make some good trade. If your bigs are Val, Willy and Jax it can’t going well in the long term. Time for Griff to make some good trade because so far he didn’t. Our roster is built mostly with draft capital. But trades done so far pretty poor results.
Yeah, time to panic. 0-3 against that team for the season. I don't want to panic but we haven't been good enough for long enough not to. We can definitely back off on the MVP, best team in the West, no holes, deepest team talk…..I know that.
Need some roster adjustments because Val, Willie and Jax is ridiculous. We can’t rely only in LNJ in defending the paint and grabbing some rebounds.
If we get swept by a team that suppost to be tanking I don't think we ready as right now need BI
we can't win those kind of games when our Closer is always out. BI would have won us the game. He always plays good againts the jazz.
Could have used Jaxson today.
Jaxson would grab many boards after Zion he the most athletic. Also y’all come on willie we need those young legs. Val too slow
Don’t worry y’all, BI will be back soon🙏🏿
I think this just isn't a good road team in its current state. A lack of hustle for rebounds, inattentive at times, and a center that seems have lost his stride.
I'm not going to lie B.I is kind of annoying me this season, is he another glass out there like AD? Oh no I have a sprained toe I can't play for 10 games!!!! All I can say is that's very soft!!! Please harden up B.I the Pels need u
People are talking about making roster moves, but the Pelicans didn't play either Willy Hernangomez or Jaxson Hayes in a game where Utah had three 7 footers eating their lunch. I don't understand Willie Green's rotations sometimes. Utah has long, tall guys who can shoot so we needed to put a big body on a big body. Willy Hernangomez is basically a walking double/double. He's the 2022 EuroBasket MVP. Both he and Jaxson Hayes can move much better than JV. And, on a night when Brandon Ingram and Jose Alvarado are out of the game, we sure could've used an extra player or two on the court! Willy and/or Jaxson sure could have helped out in the defensive rebounding column tonight too. We need to do a better job in our match ups! The Jazz is a tough match up due to their size and ability to shoot 3's! We also need to shoot many more mid range shots when the 3 point shots aren't particularly falling and the opposing team is clogging up the paint as a result of the poor outside shooting. The mid range is the open sweet spot. Yes, 3 points are more than 2, but 2 points are more than 0! Lastly, we gave up way too many wide open 3 point shots to really good 3 point shooters!!! They could not afford to let a sharp shooters like Markkanen and JC just get the shots that they want w/o trying to deny them from getting the ball and/or running them off the 3 point line which in that case 2 pts by the Jazz is much better for the Pels than them getting 3's!
I didn't like how we ran our offense through CJ in OT
Maybe get Jaxson out there more, he must be hungry… feed him! 🏀🇬🇧
Could easily turn into a 4-game skid if they don’t turn it around.
Zion sitting for long breaks is ridiculous! No reason he can’t play almost a full game!
Is Jaxon Hayes still alive?
Need 100% point Zion
I thought we didn't need our “second-best player”.
Point Zion is limited… can’t run through him in the playoffs when they starting building a wall for him.