The New Orleans Pelicans reached the end of the road of their 2023-24 NBA campaign, and their fans are not happy with how the season ended for the team.
The NBA Playoffs is as much of an incubator for coaching creativity and adjustments as it is a platform for star players to assert their dominance. The Oklahoma City Thunder have an NBA MVP candidate in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but unfortunately, the New Orleans Pelicans are missing Zion Williamson.
The Oklahoma City Thunder handled business on their homecourt to bring a 2-0 NBA Playoffs series lead into the Smoothie King Center on Saturday (April 27).
The New Orleans Pelicans can say they are not panicking, but actions speak louder than words. The eighth-seeded underdogs knew they allowed a golden opportunity to slip away in a two-point Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
After getting a close win in Game 1, the Oklahoma City Thunder went home again with the victory against the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 2. But for head coach Willie Green, the way they won was filled with a lot of flopping.
After keeping it close in Game 1, the New Orleans Pelicans got blown out of the watergot blown out of the water in Game 2 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The New Orleans Pelicans can be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief following an NBA Play-In Tournament victory over the Sacramento Kings. They were without an injured Zion Williamson and just one loss away from squandering a 49-win season.
Willie Green’s three years in charge of the New Orleans Pelicans have been interrupted repeatedly by injuries to Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. Most teams missing All-Stars as much as this team would be stuck in the NBA Draft lottery.
The Willie Green era has definitely kept fans on edge and engaged, that’s one fact fans cannot deny. The New Orleans Pelicans just finished one of the franchise’s best regular seasons ever (49 wins) but are once again stuck in an elimination game.
Tuesday night’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans threw up a few questions. One was primarily the health of Zion Williamson after he left midway through the 4th quarter.
After making a run to get a playoff spot in the regular season, the New Orleans Pelicans are now fighting to stay afloat, thanks to a Play-In Tournament 110-106 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The New Orleans Pelicans fell just short against the Los Angeles Lakers in their 110-106 NBA Play-In Tournament loss on Tuesday night. While most of the
The NBA Playoffs bring a certain kind of seven-game series pressure but the introduction of the NBA Play-In Tournament has injected some elimination game intensity into the postseason.
The Los Angeles Lakers sure know how to shine an enormous amount of negative national media attention towards the New Orleans Pelicans. During the ESPN-televised regular-season finale, Willie Green’s group did little to stem the tide spurred on by LeBron James.
Perhaps Draymond Green deserves a pass having fallen victim to one of humanity’s greatest flaws. The future Hall of Famer made some bold claims based on past results instead of current performance.
The 2023-24 NBA regular season is coming to a close but the New Orleans Pelicans are still fighting for a spot in the top six of the Western Conference standings.
Even a day later, Willie Green is still stewing about a questionable play against Zion Williamson.
The Memphis Grizzlies are 3-0 since Ja Morant made his season debut. It began with a dramatic, 115-113 comeback victory in New Orleans, and Morant and the Grizzlies visit the Pelicans again seven days later Tuesday night.
New Orleans Pelicans' star Zion Williamson caused a little brouhaha with the Phoenix Suns on Friday night after unleashing an emphatic celebratory windmill dunk in the game's waning seconds.
Ingram (concussion) is set to miss the team's next three games after the team announced he won't fly with the team on their upcoming road trip.
Williamson, who left a preseason game early last week with left ankle soreness and missed the finale, was a full participant in practice on Monday.
The Pelicans were eliminated after battling the Suns for six difficult games. The outcome was definitely hard to take for Green, who could be seen choking back tears as he greeted coach Monty Williams and the rest of the Suns.
The Pelicans have won eight of their last 13 games, moving them to within two games of the play-in tournament.
It is rare to see NBA coaches who are in their 70s, but it does happen.
Along with Hardaway, Orlando has requested to interview Suns assistant Willie Green and Bucks assistant Charles Lee, according to The Athletic’s Josh Robbins.
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