Battle of the Birds: Hawks @ New Orleans -- 2/7/23

Post #1 » by **Jamaaliver** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 4:25 pm

Pelicans to test new-found success vs. Hawks

The New Orleans Pelicans have rediscovered their offense.

After averaging 103.9 points during a 10-game losing streak, the Pelicans have won twice in two nights, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 131-126 on Saturday and scoring a season-high point total in a 136-104 victory against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday.

New Orleans will play the third game of a four-game homestand when it meets the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.

The Pelicans routed the Kings despite the absence of three of New Orleans’ top four scorers – Zion Williamson (hamstring), Brandon Ingram (toe soreness) and Jonas Valanciunas (quad soreness). Williamson won’t play Tuesday, while Ingram and Valanciunas are day-to-day.

“It speaks to the professionalism and the character in our locker room,” New Orleans coach Willie Green said of his team’s mini-revival. “I spoke to the guys about it. All the guys that don’t necessarily play a ton of minutes or haven’t been playing a ton of minutes, they all came in and they executed over and over again.

The Hawks also are coming off back-to-back games, winning 115-108 at Utah on Friday before losing at Denver 128-108 on Saturday as leading scorer Trae Young (non-COVID illness) was sidelined.

Atlanta fell behind by 18 points at halftime against Denver before getting as close as eight in the fourth quarter.

Dejounte Murray scored 28 points and De’Andre Hunter added 20 to lead Atlanta, but overall, the offense was spotty without Young.

The Hawks made 6 of 20 3-pointers (30 percent) while the Nuggets made 15 of 38 (39.5 percent).

“I thought they did a good job of making us earn everything that we got,” McMillan said. “We were making tough shots, and I didn’t think we had the ball movement, but I thought it was due to their defense. They just made us work for everything on the offensive end of the floor.”

The Hawks, who are concluding a stretch of five road games in nine days, defeated the Pelicans 124-121 in overtime Nov. 5 at Atlanta.

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Post #2 » by **Jamaaliver** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 4:26 pm

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jayu70 · Post #4 » by **jayu70** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 7:22 pm

It's always something.
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Post #5 » by **Jamaaliver** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 7:49 pm

jayu70 wrote:It's always something.
Asthma, non-covid, now migraines

I just hope they don't start Aaron Holiday.

jayu70 · Post #6 » by **jayu70** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 8:46 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:
jayu70 wrote:It's always something.
Asthma, non-covid, now migraines

I just hope they don't start Aaron Holiday.

Start AJ.

jayu70 · Post #7 » by **jayu70** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 11:58 pm

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jayu70 · Post #8 » by **jayu70** » Wed Feb 8, 2023 3:16 am

2-3 on a west coast road trip.

Post #9 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Feb 8, 2023 4:42 pm

Hunter shoots 0-9 in 27 minutes.

It was overall a pathetic game for our Hawks who couldn't get anything positive going.

Fast Break Points:
Hawks 6
Pels 17

Points in the Paint:
Hawks 40
Pels 56

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Post #10 » by **Jamaaliver** » Wed Feb 8, 2023 4:47 pm

HMFFL wrote:Hunter shoots 0-9 in 27 minutes.

It was overall a pathetic game for our Hawks who couldn't get anything positive going.

Fast Break Points:
Hawks 6
Pels 17

Points in the Paint:
Hawks 40
Pels 56

As pathetic of a showing as it was, especially for DeAndre, I try to take into account that the last game of a long road trip is almost always brutal.

Hopefully they'll be well rested for tomorrow's rematch with Phoenix.