“Trey Murphy III is a sniper!” – ESPN impressed by Pelicans destroy Raptors 139-98; Zion: 16 Pts

“Trey Murphy III is a sniper!” – ESPN impressed by Pelicans destroy Raptors 139-98; Zion: 16 Pts

So Trey led the pells and there was great balance he had 34 those we head over to Jen Hill Jen Joel tre’s excited because he just found out he had 10 made threes he thought it might be nine Trey that would be awesome just from the field let alone from three-point land

What was working so great for you tonight I mean guys will find me I was shooting with confidence and that’s really all all it is man I’m just so happy to be on this team you know we’ve been playing great basketball right now we’re trying to you know get into the

Playoffs and be in the playoffs and not to play in what is the key that is there one thing you could identify for this squad 20 games left to go now it feels like everyone counts a little bit more than the last it starts on the defensive

End for us when we get stops and we run that’s our best offense and then you know when our main guys are sharing the ball and you know everybody else is making shots and makes a lot easier our offense is really potent so you I think

That’s really what it boils down to tell me a little bit about your bestie herb Jones because for the life of me I cannot get him to talk about himself he is doing it so exquisitly on both sides sides of the ball what’s different what is enabling him to shoot like this 5

Threes a season high for him I you know it’s crazy you said that I literally told him like during the game I was like yo bro I’m so proud of you like he’s been shooting the ball and like he’s come so far back my rookie year he

Wouldn’t even shoot the ball at all now he’s pulling up with God’s hands in his face so you know I’m just so proud of him and obviously defensively he deserves to be on the first team for all defense so um he he does it every single

Night and you know he just keeps showing it keeps proving it say it a little louder for all those in the back right all right the road record for the Pelicans so much better this year you’ve already surpassed the number of Road wins that you had last season could you

Identify what is working for this squad what’s enabling you to get these wins this year that alluded you last year away from the Smoothie King Center I think it’s just maturity and game plan discipline you know we’ve really been locked into our game plan and trying to

Make sure we focus on everything that we need to do in order to win games and you know our defense has been traveling 11 threes next game we’ll see righty congrats enjoying thank you guys all right Jen thank you you just pointed something out to me ad as we look at our

Final box Trey was plus 28 his first 10 minutes it’s rare when you see a guy I don’t care what the score is plus 44 plus 44 that’s incredible a Lot when north of the Border results West in the win column as we welcome you to Pelicans live presented by Toyota following the third largest blowout victory in New Orleans franchise history and in a sweep of Toronto that cleaning done collectively as well seven Pelicans in double figures

Including yes on Pelicans live presented by Toyota Aon hardigan thrilled to get to do so with you alongside my NBA analyst Madison Hawk who knows that taking care of business is not just a great song but it is this pelic squad of late how about that for closing the door

I see what you did there yeah this was a total team win for the Pelicans seven players scoring in double figures but how they did it is what I like best 49% from behind the arc you mentioned Trey Murphy 10 three-pointers for Trey coming off the bench the spark that he provides

But then also let’s talk points of the paint 56 to 44 points of the paint in favor of New Orleans that’s great because Toronto fourth best in the NBA and scoring in the paint and the Pelicans just really anything that Toronto did well the Pelicans took it

Away tonight they took care of business against a sub 500 team that was fun to see I love that you know let’s return to Toronto quickly to Joel Myers and Antonio Daniels because I think Jim ien Hoffer our friend back home had one of the best Tweets of the night noting that

Trey Murphy is now uh 10 of 12 from three following his mother calling him out in a press conference so there’s that how enjoyable was it for you too well well that’s on Miss free throws when his mom called him out at the back and he kept going uh next question

Please next question we like what we’re seeing from the group and in particular Trey Murphy in particular over the last two games and we saw it before the last two games where he was shooting a tough luck but we’ve said how many times we said you got to have at least about 15

Threes a game well they did a lot better than that because as you say one guy got 10 right it it’s easier to get to 15 when one guy one guy gets you the majority of the way there but Trey Murphy’s A Difference Maker PL and

Simple you know I was talking to his mom about this after the game and now the thing is when you put Trey Murphy and Herb Jones and they’re shooting the ball this way it’s a hard team to beat because it becomes a pick your poison offense and the thing is these aren’t

All about Trey Murphy right we saw Jose hit a three right we saw Jonas hit a three you’re seeing everybody Matt Ryan hit threes we haven’t even show Trey Murphy yet her Jones hitting threes right and then Trey Murphy got got 10 threes up so to knock down 24

Three-point shots when most teams defensive game plan is to build a wall against Zion and to put a man in the half on Brandon Ingram you need guys to not just shoot him but to knock him down yeah so 243s a group effort although Trey did

Have 10 of the 24 and 10 of 14 but it was interesting Jen asked after the game What’s the difference this year winning on the road well Zion’s healthy Brandon Brandon’s healthy Randon last year missed 29 straight games so now you’re healthy you’ve got guys on the floor and

They’re creating space as we saw experience matters it really does like you grow from year to year and you can’t expedite the process as much as we would love to fast forward three years from now and have a different conversation the only way to actually get experience

Is to experience it and what you’re seeing with this team is some of those losses last year that they had on the road some of those tough loss is they’ve grown and become a much better Road basketball team because of that experience that they got on the road in

The chemistry they built last year dealing with that kind of adversity last season the group back and and I like the fact that nobody made a deal when it came to the trade deadline because this group is very strong and very deep and you’ve said before you think it’s one of

The deepest teams if not the deepest in the NBA so going back to the road and we said it back to you in the studio Aaron 19 Road wins they had 15 all of last season and they still have nine more Road dates left so two more after this

Road trip there’s only seven more on the road this season and that’s a real healthy situation going on right now for the guys hard to believe how quickly this season has flown what a March it will be we hope the fellas enjoy it we’re looking forward to their call

Friday in Philly and hope they have safe travels there but yeah you and I were actually talking about that before coming on air tonight that you know it’s only 20 some games left and um it it’s crunch time and you saw that mindset on display here tonight in in putting zero

Question putting this one away with zero question and you saw it from so many players too what I like most about the Pelicans and the way they’re playing right now you can’t just hone in on one two three guys because if you do that well then you’ve got your bench coming

Off the bench 73 to 32 points the 73 the Pelicans outscored excuse me Toronto Off the Bench by 32 so you can’t hone in on just one player multiple guys working right now for this pelican team and they talked about the depth of this squad what’s beautiful about that depth is

That they share the load instead of shouldering the load and fting that one guy they share it and they do it quarter by quarter and Herb was the guy who jumpstarted this squad here tonight with 14 in the first quarter he was four of five from deep and we touched on his

Three ball in tonight’s pregame show his Improvement there Zion comes alive with eight in the second quarter to finish with 14 at the half meanwhile herbs like I had 14 in the first quarter but then how about Trey Murphy game high 34 on Off the Bench matching that career-high

With 10 triples becoming the only player in franchise history with multiple games of 10 plus thre we get herb yeah let’s start with herb in this first quarter he came out of the game just firing from behind the arc and element getting threes up and it is paying off look how

He is spreading the court he’s getting to points and he did it in a much different way than we saw herb Jones do it Zion was constantly attacking look how he has Defenders on their heels he’s driving he’s getting two feet in the paint he’s also facilitating as well

Nine assist assists we cannot Overlook those nine assists and eight rebound let’s sit on the fact that he is the only player folks in franchise history to have multiple games of like this multiple games of at least 10 made threes I mean no one else has done that

And so we’re witnessing something that is ever growing we watch Trey continue to expand his game because keep in mind yeah he can shoot it from Long Range he’s got to be held accountable there but he can put it on the floor and take you to the bucket as well absolutely I

Feel like we were talking in pregame that he’s had consecutive games with six or more threes six threes really respectable 10 threes I mean this is not the first time Trey Murphy has done this he’s so much fun to watch his basketball IQ just gets better and better the more

He plays in this league but as you mentioned he’s also putting the ball on the floor he’s getting to the rim he’s drawing fouls he’s getting to the free throw line but Trey Murphy Off the Bench what he is able to bring the threat he is able to ring from behind the arc

Opposing defenses they have to hone in if you give him any time any space and you do not contest his shots well that’s lights out as Antonio Daniels was saying during the broadcast all you hear nothing but net you barely even him hear the rim when Trey Murphy is making these

Three-pointers it’s just so much fun to watch it’s a thing of beauty and Mama murf has got to be pleased as we continue here on Pelicans live presented by Toyota much more coming from Toronto including the thoughts of your Victorious head coach Video Said Oh Jen I’m For spee T die no why Goe food Foree great We foreign spee fore

“Trey Murphy III is a sniper!” – ESPN impressed by Pelicans destroy Raptors 139-98; Zion Williamson: 16 Pts