When things are as rough as they are with the Golden State Warriors, you will absolutely take moral victories. So yes, the Warriors lost yet again - their 45th on the season - but a number of players kicked in meaningful contributions (they just couldn’t compete with Zion Williamson’s 28 points and 7 rebounds).
Golden State was led by Damion Lee (22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), and Juan Toscano-Anderson (16 points, 5 rebounds, and some really solid defense against Williamson).
Poole was taking Jrue Holiday off the dribble repeatedly.
As always, this is just a placeholder for the community to congregate and work through yet another loss. Daniel Hardee will be along tomorrow with your full recap.
Multiple Warriors will head to LA tomorrow for the Kobe Bryant memorial service, before returning to action Tuesday - when they host the Sacramento Kings.
Kirk Lacob explaining why he likes Dragan Bender. Kirk Lacob. For reasons that have nothing to do with Bender, we're so fucked once the Curry era is over lol. Enjoy it while it lasts.
GhostRidingTheInjuryCart: Enter the Dragan!
EricApricot: D Lee is track to score 100 points. If this continues, the game should be close. There’s no way GSW keeps hitting 50% from 3
BadlyBrowned: Bowman needs to figure out his 3pt shot, because a no-shoot 6'1" PG is a no-go in the NBA...
Servant Of Luna: Pelicans: 16/38 threes, Warriors: 11/32 threes. Why do everyone destroy us beyond the arc?
EricApricot: Well, if Wiggins had shot better than 3-16, the game would have definitely been Close Enough To Make It Exciting™
I really hope the Warriors work really heavily on their 3pt defense. They're 30th this year and it's the single biggest reason they're the worst team in the league as opposed to middle of the pack bad. Steph and Klay will help somewhat, but the team as a whole has dropped down from a 2016-2017 peak in 3P%. Maybe it's partly bad luck, but it's an incredibly worrying trend.
Randomly, since I happened to be paying attention to this: a bunch of Dubs helped too far off Melli and Reddick, contributing to the Pels beating us on threes. Bowman was one of the ones I remember seeing make that mistake (he had a pretty fantastic game otherwise though); not sure who else, maybe Poole and Smiley?
But you know who didn't make that mistake, despite having a really lackluster game otherwise? Kevon Looney. The moment he came in, he was glued to Melli in the half court and followed him around without giving a lot of room to shoot. Always a smart, disciplined defender, that guy.
Zion is a matchup nightmare, hope the pels somehow squeeze into the 8 seed so I can watch him go straight through Lebron's chest a few times. Sheesh that kid's gonna be scary in a few years
Duby, if we want folks to comment in here/join, we need be a user-friendly site. That means chronological order of the comments and responses as they come in, that we may best follow the thread, and not the weighing BS! There, I've said my piece and will say no more. I imagine this comment will go to the bottom of the thread, anyway.
Being competitive to a good team and losing makes feel bubbly inside. Leading by double digits to a marginal team just to blow said lead with hideous defense (Here's looking at you Damion Lee) and Dragan Bender going full Jeremy Pargo is really starting to make this shit unenjoyable
I really hope the Warriors work really heavily on their 3pt defense. They're 30th this year and it's the single biggest reason they're the worst team in the league as opposed to middle of the pack bad. Steph and Klay will help somewhat, but the team as a whole has dropped down from a 2016-2017 peak in 3P%. Maybe it's partly bad luck, but it's an incredibly worrying trend.
Randomly, since I happened to be paying attention to this: a bunch of Dubs helped too far off Melli and Reddick, contributing to the Pels beating us on threes. Bowman was one of the ones I remember seeing make that mistake (he had a pretty fantastic game otherwise though); not sure who else, maybe Poole and Smiley?
But you know who didn't make that mistake, despite having a really lackluster game otherwise? Kevon Looney. The moment he came in, he was glued to Melli in the half court and followed him around without giving a lot of room to shoot. Always a smart, disciplined defender, that guy.
Was bummed. Not from the loss but I really wanted to see Zion go up against Green.
Zion is a matchup nightmare, hope the pels somehow squeeze into the 8 seed so I can watch him go straight through Lebron's chest a few times. Sheesh that kid's gonna be scary in a few years
Duby, if we want folks to comment in here/join, we need be a user-friendly site. That means chronological order of the comments and responses as they come in, that we may best follow the thread, and not the weighing BS! There, I've said my piece and will say no more. I imagine this comment will go to the bottom of the thread, anyway.
I can't believe Dragan hasn't even practiced with the team! He has a lot of promise.
Bender the robot looked pretty bad on D. I found myself yelling multiple times "YOU ARE 7' TALL" as he backpedaled away from the pelicans.
Top players:
Pelicans:
Holiday: (+21)
23 points 10/17 FGs 3/7 three pointers
7 rebounds (2 off.) 15 assists 5 turnovers 1 block
Williamson: (+20)
28 points 13/20 FGs 1/1 three pointer 1/6 FTs
7 rebounds (6 off.) 2 assists 1 turnover 1 steal
Melli: (+5)
20 points 7/8 FGs 6/7 three pointers
5 rebounds (3 off.) 1 assist 1 turnover 1 block
Honorable mention:
Ingram: (+14)
17 points 5/18 FGs 2/7 three pointers 5/5 FTs
4 rebounds 5 assists 3 turnovers 2 steals
Favors: (+13)
6 points 3/4 FGs 0/1 FT
11 rebounds (2 off.) 1 assist 1 block
Warriors:
Lee: (-8)
22 points 9/15 FGs 4/8 three pointers
4 rebounds 4 assists 3 turnovers 1 steal 1 block
Poole: (-20)
19 points 8/14 FGs 1/4 three pointers 2/3 FTs
5 rebounds 5 assists 4 turnovers
Toscano-Anderson: (+6)
16 points 6/10 FGs 3/5 three pointers 1/1 FT
8 rebounds 3 assists 1 turnover 1 steal 2 blocks
Bowman: (-7)
15 points 6/12 FGs 0/3 three pointers 3/3 FTs
6 rebounds (2 off.) 7 assists 1 turnover 3 steals 1 block
Honorable mention:
Paschall: (-16)
13 points 5/9 FGs 0/2 three pointers 3/4 FTs
5 rebounds (1 off.) 2 turnovers 1 steal
Final stats:
Pelicans:
46.9% shooting (46/98 FGs)
17/42 three pointers
6/13 FTs
52 rebounds (14 off.)
34 assists
13 turnovers
7 steals
5 blocks
Warriors:
43.5% shooting (40/92 FGs)
11/35 three pointers
10/15 FTs
28 assists
15 turnovers
9 steals
7 blocks
Points in paint:
Pelicans: 52
Warriors: 46
Fastbreak points:
Pelicans: 27
Warriors: 13
Points off turnovers:
Pelicans: 15
Warriors: 17
Bench points:
Pelicans: 39
Warriors: 37
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Being competitive to a good team and losing makes feel bubbly inside. Leading by double digits to a marginal team just to blow said lead with hideous defense (Here's looking at you Damion Lee) and Dragan Bender going full Jeremy Pargo is really starting to make this shit unenjoyable