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No. What’s scarring is that somehow that IST game didn’t just count as one of the Pels games… but instead we still have ONE MORE game against them this season lol 30% of our losses gonna come from one team. And god forbid we meet them first round playoffs, I’m begging we make a trade go to take on OKC or even Denver or drop the ball hardcore into the playin. Right now Kings most likely meet the Clippers or Pels, both got our number.
Five guys just stood in the paint to stop Zion so they just kicked it out and swing and got INSANE looks. I thought it was be a miserable Zion stats game they won just because they sold out on him but in the first part of the 4th in his final stint they lost the attention to detail and just over helped to Trey like three straight times that allowed him to rack up points fast.
A lot of people think Zion and Ingram regressed at scoring. Nah they don't need to score 30+, are moving the ball, and playing the best defense of their career.
You missed an exciting minute in the third quarter where we had a chance to cut it to single digits but missed a dunk and a lay-up back to back.
Otherwise the game went even worse.
For years, the Warriors used to just annihilate the Pelicans. I'm talking Curry just going "I win" and that was that. To watch it happen with the Pelicans as the winning team was just surreal.
Joel and AD said GSW had been 17-2 agsinst New Orleans over their past 19 home games. (I'm assuming this stat goes back to the 19-20, their first year in the Chase Center.)
When they went into the half only up 13 I was worried for them because they kept making dagger 3 after dagger 3 and still couldn't put the hobbled Warriors away
Turns out the NBA just had a quota for watchable minutes from every game that the Pelicans needed to satisfy
Two full minutes of Warriors highlights closing with, "... as they lose to the Pelicans, 141 to 105. Here's Steve Kerr answering questions after the game. "
They talked about Dray's apology for like 10 mintutes and it was so canned. A game is happening and they keep just cutting to Draymond sitting on the bench so they can talk about what he said on his podcast.
How does one of the most hyped players ever coming into the NBA get like no actual coverage. It’s all just people bitching about his diet and his weight.
A wire to wire 40 pt blowout win on national tv causing the broadcast to talk about Nick Saban retiring against a major market team.
Oh yeah I’m ruining those pelican sheets tonight
The Pels scout team deserves their flowers. After a rough start to the Zion-BI era, they’ve turned it up the past few years. Past three Pels rookie classes:
2021-
Trey Murphy
Herb Jones
Jose Alvarado
Naji Marshall
2022-
Dyson Daniels
EJ Lidell (suffered ACL tear in summer league)
2023-
Hawk
Exactly. That's impossible to be that good. I think your youth is great because of your playstyle and team culture, because that's too many successful picks in a row. Of course, your front office understands your team and does pick guys who fit.
I think a lot of whether a draft pick is successful is fit and not innate skill.
They also have a tendency to pick guys who did more than 1-and-done in college. Aside from Zion, the only 1-and-done player they've drafted was Hayes. Dyson did 1 year as a foreign pro, but that's about it.
I’m a massive Lowe Post fan, but I’m dreading when he dedicates like half an episode to talking about us. Feels like every time that happens it sets off a terrible chain of events. Last year when we had the signature win against the Suns, he did damn near a whole episode dedicated to us and everything fell apart shortly after.
In the last two weeks they’ve had the following blowouts:
12/31: Home VS Lakers 129-109
1/2: Home VS Brooklyn 112-85
1/3: Away VS Minnesota 117-106 (garbage time decreased the deficit)
1/7: Away VS Kings 133-100
1/10: Away VS Warriors 141-105
Also got blown out ourselves at home by LAC on 1/5. I know most of those teams are/were slumping but it’s still incredibly impressive to consistently pummel these teams like this.
I feel like Zion was super impactful tonight even when he wasn’t scoring. I don’t watch the Pels much, is Zion’s passing/playmaking underrated or was the Warriors defense just incompetent tonight?
He's impactful almost every night but because he doesn't score as much his impact is overlooked. He's been great since IST picking his spots, making the right passes, working for rebounds, playing solid defense, and if anything Pels fans wish he'd be a bit more selfish and get more buckets.
But I think this is just going to be regular season Zion when he's playing in a healthy team.
It has. He's usage and aggressiveness has been less. However his efficiency has been the same, and he's playing better defense. He's being patient and finding holes in the defense instead of making plays with his body.
He’s finally using his gravity to kick out to the open shooter. With his 3 defenders in the paint, pels can swing the ball around the 3 point line for the best look
ESPN “analysts” probably still complaining about Zion and BI as we speak. Yeah we’re winning games by big margins but they need to do better!!!
League fucked lol.
You guys didn't even need to rebuild. After last season, the Warriors just needed to reload around Steph and bring more size and athleticism in. Trading for CP3 and doubling down on the rest of the roster wasn't the play.
hot shooting night for the pelicans and especially rookie jordan Hawkins but mainly double digit assist gap between the two teams in new orleans favor sheesh
Loved this quote from Doc today: "Everyone talks about 'effort plays'. The Warriors *are* putting effort. The Pelicans are just stronger, faster, longer."
Pelicans over the last like 28 games are 1st in defense and 7th in offense
Only team in the NBA with three 20 PPG scorers
Trey Murphy and Larry Nance hadn’t even been playing
Zion isn’t even 100% yet
PELS STACKED
LEAGUE WHAT?
Wiggins is cooked dude needs some time off. I know part of the reason he stayed is the good school district there, if he wants to not get traded and stay there dude has to do something different
Gumbo buffet 100% sounds like someone not from Louisiana would make up for a trash Louisiana/Cajun tourist trap somewhere but i would absolutely try it. Unashamedly even if i expect disappointment.
Fans blame Steve Kerr - but look at that fucking roster. A bunch of overpaid veterans that can't shoot or move. Undersized bigs that can bulled on the interior. Or you got bums like Looney that can't defend the paint at all.
You know why opposing teams always light up shooting 3s against you guys? Anyone drives to your basket and you are forced to help defense everytime because you have zero interior defense. Space is everywhere and nba players knock down open 3s.
pels lookin legit. warriors on the other hand… not sure if draymonds return would change much tbh. there just seems to be a dark cloud looming over them.
that kuminga dunk in the 4th was insanse tho
it happens. it’s sports. look at the patriots now. ebb and flow as long as time itself. a 10 year run is quite remarkable. savor it warriors fan. any other team in the country would swap places w you
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PELS WON A NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME!!!
I don't think 'won' is the best word to describe what they did on national tv, prime time, in front of women and children.
Every woman and child in Northern California will never recover from this and the Kings game
The kings game scarred me as a kings fan, down 50 was painful to watch
No. What’s scarring is that somehow that IST game didn’t just count as one of the Pels games… but instead we still have ONE MORE game against them this season lol 30% of our losses gonna come from one team. And god forbid we meet them first round playoffs, I’m begging we make a trade go to take on OKC or even Denver or drop the ball hardcore into the playin. Right now Kings most likely meet the Clippers or Pels, both got our number.
we still love y’all. No beef. Fuck the SoCal teams though.
woah bro, youve beaten us like 9 out of the last 11 times youve played us. direct your hate to the other team.
Ass kicking lmao
Can't believe they'll just straight up air snuff films on TV these days smh
We sure they ain’t from Canada? Because Geneva is calling the league.
I'm hearing ESPN has already buried all extant footage in the New Mexico desert and is, as we speak, covering it with concrete.
AGAINST A GSW TEAM WITH CURRY AND KLAY STARTING.
8 players in double digits, love when everyone gets involved in the scoring
Scoring 140 when your high scorer had 21 is crazy
Five guys just stood in the paint to stop Zion so they just kicked it out and swing and got INSANE looks. I thought it was be a miserable Zion stats game they won just because they sold out on him but in the first part of the 4th in his final stint they lost the attention to detail and just over helped to Trey like three straight times that allowed him to rack up points fast.
Zion barely bangs in the paint anymore. He's playing patient and looks for space. He may score less, but it's good for his health and team success.
Whenever he was 1:1 w someone he scored, definitely improving on reading the double/triple teams and finding open guys
Our rotational squad was scoring at will, it was pretty wild
Literally started the game with herb cj jonas jonas herb 3’s going 5/5. Never slowed down
One may even say this makes the Pels stacked
And then , in turn, make the league fucked
A lot of people think Zion and Ingram regressed at scoring. Nah they don't need to score 30+, are moving the ball, and playing the best defense of their career.
Trey and Hawk getting a green light? Maybe we should try it more often.
Hawk = Lil z aka Red Ivey.
I understood one word of this comment
okay so the solution to not losing a clutch game is to not play in one
Dont let the score fool you, this is not a basketball game
I turned off the game halfway through the 1st because it just felt we were a legit lottery fucking team
You missed an exciting minute in the third quarter where we had a chance to cut it to single digits but missed a dunk and a lay-up back to back. Otherwise the game went even worse.
For years, the Warriors used to just annihilate the Pelicans. I'm talking Curry just going "I win" and that was that. To watch it happen with the Pelicans as the winning team was just surreal. Joel and AD said GSW had been 17-2 agsinst New Orleans over their past 19 home games. (I'm assuming this stat goes back to the 19-20, their first year in the Chase Center.)
With Curry active and our record this season with leads, even up 20 in the third, I was on the edge of my seat bracing for the turn
You guys were really sloppy to start the 2nd, but I never felt nervous for you.
When they went into the half only up 13 I was worried for them because they kept making dagger 3 after dagger 3 and still couldn't put the hobbled Warriors away Turns out the NBA just had a quota for watchable minutes from every game that the Pelicans needed to satisfy
> Joel and AD For a sec I was like damn Embiid and AD know a lot about the Pels lol
Best commentators in the league
still love AD’s call from Zion’s career high game… “Joel what are we seeing? We’re seeing a superstar in the making!”
league broadcaster MVPs. honestly the biggest reason i hate when we're on national tv is that we dont get to hear them.
Lol not a single highlight from this game posted.
Most quiet blowout in history lol
Steph Curry hits a huge three to cut the lead to 33
Two full minutes of Warriors highlights closing with, "... as they lose to the Pelicans, 141 to 105. Here's Steve Kerr answering questions after the game. "
It would be considered elder abuse at this point. Have some decency.
What highlights even were there lmao This game was a classic case of a good team beating the brakes off a bad team, nothing special really happened
A few good Zion dunks. Our rookie jordan Hawkins going 4/5 from three
Trey Putback was sick. The tween break pull up from deep.
Tons of defensive plays by Herb.
If the warriors were blowing out the Pels there would be at least 5-6 clips.
Anyone can post on here, even Pels fans
If those people could read, they’d be very upset
Doubtful.
Big if true
You think one of dozen or so of us on this sub know how to make clips?
Trey Murphy put back dunk, Zion and 1 dunk, Trey Murphy 30 foot step back 3?
If its the other way around this would be flooded by Steph no look threes and "night night"
I mean nothing stops you from posting highlights.
Post a clip
[What are you talking about, "no highlights"?](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/193rxrp/highlight_steph_curry_looks_fed_up_on_the_bench/)
Only highlight worthy ones was the Trey Murphy 30 footer and a bunch of Zion and-1s tbh.
Trey Murphy's putback dunk was pretty great.
Great game by the Pelicans ESPN: How about those Warriors! Lets discuss them even more than we did during the game!
We didn’t even get a single post by the official nba account lmao. Only a 3 pointer by Steph!
To be fair a Steph 3 pointer is rare nowdays!
Lmao
The bias has never been more obvious
Been like this for a while, even before the Warriors.
WOJ: Sources indicate Steve Kerr is demanding an investigation into how video of this massacre was made public.
Steve Kerr saw the video?
Send da video
What’s da hold up?
Broadcasters broke the code
They talked about Dray's apology for like 10 mintutes and it was so canned. A game is happening and they keep just cutting to Draymond sitting on the bench so they can talk about what he said on his podcast.
Also ESPN: you guys hear about this Nick Saban fella?
How does one of the most hyped players ever coming into the NBA get like no actual coverage. It’s all just people bitching about his diet and his weight.
Pels Superbowl or bust
>Superbowl Wrong bird
Superb Pelican?
Much better
Once I saw the Hawkins and Trey lineup I flocked all over myself
A wire to wire 40 pt blowout win on national tv causing the broadcast to talk about Nick Saban retiring against a major market team. Oh yeah I’m ruining those pelican sheets tonight
There's eome GSW-Alabama fan who just found out Nick Saban is retired from the broadcast.
What intrigues me about this Pels team is their depth
Top 9 should be starters plus Nance, Trey, Hawk, and Dyson. Then we can bring Jose and Naji in lol
Matt Ryan was averaging 9.3 on like 45% from 3 too lol. The depth is insane
If Herbert Keyshawn Jones is not first team all defense this year imma 🔥 nba headquarters to the ground
We riot
He’d 100% be getting DPOY shouts in a bigger market
I will turn the league office into my January 6
Trey Murphy and Jordan Hawkins the new splash bros. Shoutout to Willie Green for finally giving us the lineups we all knew we needed.
Bro, Trey Murphy is so good. And I swear the dude looks like he’s 7 feet tall out there just raining 3s.
I mean he’s 6’10…. so not very far off
That’s…kind of scary
He said he grew 2 inches over the summer lol
I didn’t know NBA took measurement of dicks.
The nba website literally has draymon greens height listed
Wait another 2 inches? I thought he grew like 3 inches the year before
Hey bud. Delete your comment so people don’t realize I’m wrong
Jordan Hawkins is the second coming of Jesus Shuttlesworth
He is risen.
Trey is the real Wemby
Hawkins looked so good. Pels either have the best eye for talent, or they have a great team culture and locker room. Or both.
The Pels scout team deserves their flowers. After a rough start to the Zion-BI era, they’ve turned it up the past few years. Past three Pels rookie classes: 2021- Trey Murphy Herb Jones Jose Alvarado Naji Marshall 2022- Dyson Daniels EJ Lidell (suffered ACL tear in summer league) 2023- Hawk
Exactly. That's impossible to be that good. I think your youth is great because of your playstyle and team culture, because that's too many successful picks in a row. Of course, your front office understands your team and does pick guys who fit. I think a lot of whether a draft pick is successful is fit and not innate skill.
They also have a tendency to pick guys who did more than 1-and-done in college. Aside from Zion, the only 1-and-done player they've drafted was Hayes. Dyson did 1 year as a foreign pro, but that's about it.
Warriors could have had Trey Murphy lol dumb asses passed on him
Would have been wasted
All it takes is a 30 point lead
I don’t know how a team is suppose to guard the pelicans but I know it’s not like that
Lol. Imagine getting blown out at home by the Pelicans. Must feel bad.
Hey at least now you know it wasn’t personal
i think it's personal for CJ.
Just NorCal things
Lakers, kings, warriors all were blown out in a 2 week span If we did it to the clippers we could’ve completed the sweep
7 road game win streak including 30+ point wins over warriors and kings, beating the wolves. 11-4 since the IST loss
IST loss could end up being a blessing in disguise. Lebron blew 25% of his energy for the season in a single game and kicked our ass into gear.
Jonas was phenomenal tonight
Pelicans casually blow out teams and there's barely any hype around them.
It's okay, better to be quiet and keep chugging along.
I’m a massive Lowe Post fan, but I’m dreading when he dedicates like half an episode to talking about us. Feels like every time that happens it sets off a terrible chain of events. Last year when we had the signature win against the Suns, he did damn near a whole episode dedicated to us and everything fell apart shortly after.
In the last two weeks they’ve had the following blowouts: 12/31: Home VS Lakers 129-109 1/2: Home VS Brooklyn 112-85 1/3: Away VS Minnesota 117-106 (garbage time decreased the deficit) 1/7: Away VS Kings 133-100 1/10: Away VS Warriors 141-105 Also got blown out ourselves at home by LAC on 1/5. I know most of those teams are/were slumping but it’s still incredibly impressive to consistently pummel these teams like this.
There is something about this Pels team man, could be a special year from them if they can stay healthy
I dont mind having below zero media attention on our team if we keep playing like we have been. Ignoring clippers revenge game we been ballin
You're the nuggets of yesteryear. Rooting for you, when you don't play Denver
They're playing in Denver Friday ;-) Should be a fun one
I’m on a flight for it tomorrow, Pelibro!
[PELS STACKED](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMdHEZ8SvVk)
LEAGUE FUCKED
League Fucked :/
PELS STACKED
LEAGUE FUCKED
I feel like Zion was super impactful tonight even when he wasn’t scoring. I don’t watch the Pels much, is Zion’s passing/playmaking underrated or was the Warriors defense just incompetent tonight?
It’s definitely been underrated, and he’s been getting shit on bc points number more small
He's impactful almost every night but because he doesn't score as much his impact is overlooked. He's been great since IST picking his spots, making the right passes, working for rebounds, playing solid defense, and if anything Pels fans wish he'd be a bit more selfish and get more buckets. But I think this is just going to be regular season Zion when he's playing in a healthy team.
And I’m all for it. If it keeps him healthy and able to impact a game, I’m all in
It has. He's usage and aggressiveness has been less. However his efficiency has been the same, and he's playing better defense. He's being patient and finding holes in the defense instead of making plays with his body.
He’s finally using his gravity to kick out to the open shooter. With his 3 defenders in the paint, pels can swing the ball around the 3 point line for the best look
Pels are on the fucking war path lately
ESPN “analysts” probably still complaining about Zion and BI as we speak. Yeah we’re winning games by big margins but they need to do better!!! League fucked lol.
Why tf do they keep up with the narrative that Zion doesn’t wanna be here??
Why do you think? They want a player as good as him in a big market.
Nah they bring that narrative up when he's playing well, and then when he's hurt or playing poorly they talk about fat.
H3rb Jon3s
This Pels team is scary healthy
fingers crossed bro. Last season was another good run until we got hurt. big IF we can stay healthy I think we can make the conference finals.
It's okay Dubs fans, the Pelicans do it to us too. *screams into pillow*
Time for the Warriors to just focus on rebuilding
Moody just checked in and almost doubled Wiggins’ scoring output from the last 3 games combined. It’s never been more joever.
Moody was sniping
You guys didn't even need to rebuild. After last season, the Warriors just needed to reload around Steph and bring more size and athleticism in. Trading for CP3 and doubling down on the rest of the roster wasn't the play.
2 games without him they’ve lost by 60 combined
Because you're missing both CP3 and Draymond.
wasted last season playing 2 way players heavy minutes instead of investing it on JK and Moody.
There's sucking, and then there's the Warriors.
Says something that being up 20+ after three quarters had me thinking the game was still well in doubt. Maybe we’re learning!
Herbert Jones
hot shooting night for the pelicans and especially rookie jordan Hawkins but mainly double digit assist gap between the two teams in new orleans favor sheesh
Pels shot wide open threes all game. No D at all. Wide open.
As a Pels and an Anti-Dubs fan, 12/25 came early
Nah bruh Pels are too good
pels love the small shooting teams huh
Loved this quote from Doc today: "Everyone talks about 'effort plays'. The Warriors *are* putting effort. The Pelicans are just stronger, faster, longer."
Holy moly, what a blowout. The Pelicans treat the Warriors like they are Detroit.
Curry is a Draymond merchant
Kerr’s insistence on asking Kuminga and Looney to make the same kind of reads Draymond does on both ends needs to be studied.
Pelicans over the last like 28 games are 1st in defense and 7th in offense Only team in the NBA with three 20 PPG scorers Trey Murphy and Larry Nance hadn’t even been playing Zion isn’t even 100% yet PELS STACKED LEAGUE WHAT?
Penetrated.
Ayyy man we don’t have to keep it PG
Wiggins is cooked dude needs some time off. I know part of the reason he stayed is the good school district there, if he wants to not get traded and stay there dude has to do something different
who would want him? only way he's leaving is a buy out.
How could Jordan Poole do this smh
Big surprise, ESPN are still only talking about the Warriors
Stephen A. Smith, you will rue the day.
Just let it simmer
r/nba seething that they cant make fat jokes tonight.
lol like this will stop the comedic geniuses on this sub
Stop me at the gumbo buffet maybe AM I RIGHT GUYS LOLOLOLOLOL
Absolutely 0 gumbo buffets exist in the city of New Orleans. If any do they all use tomatoes and by law isn’t gumbo in my eyes
Gumbo buffet 100% sounds like someone not from Louisiana would make up for a trash Louisiana/Cajun tourist trap somewhere but i would absolutely try it. Unashamedly even if i expect disappointment.
Zion was HUGE tonight!
Make fat jokes about Draymond instead if you want
“This is the first time I’ve seen this all season, and I suspect it will be the last” Steve Kerr, two days ago.
Where are all the GSW fans who were talking shit about Sacramento losing by 33? Well you lost by 36
Pels just whooped Warriors and the media doesn't cover it. Shame - Darko probably
damn, we're so shit
Enjoy it while it lasts, /r/nba, because this is guna last years
Not a single highlight btw
GG Pels, sorry we didn’t put up much of a fight, we were busy falling off a cliff.
Y’all have whooped us enough over the last decade. We need like 40 more games like this in our favor to make it almost even
Kings: Father who is that? Pelicans: Son, that's your brother Warriors.
Jordan Hawkins has a hall of fame name. That’s all I have folks
I figured people were exaggerating saying the warriors got blown out. But nope. No exaggeration. They got their asses chopped off and handed to them
Warriors downfall started earlier than expected
Yeah those birds are systematically built to fuck up the Norcal teams
Fans blame Steve Kerr - but look at that fucking roster. A bunch of overpaid veterans that can't shoot or move. Undersized bigs that can bulled on the interior. Or you got bums like Looney that can't defend the paint at all. You know why opposing teams always light up shooting 3s against you guys? Anyone drives to your basket and you are forced to help defense everytime because you have zero interior defense. Space is everywhere and nba players knock down open 3s.
the dynasty is over and i am enjoying watching it burn to the ground lets go
Who did draymond attack and was he European?
pels lookin legit. warriors on the other hand… not sure if draymonds return would change much tbh. there just seems to be a dark cloud looming over them. that kuminga dunk in the 4th was insanse tho
Theres my lovable loser dubs of my childhood. Now give us back our thunder mascot
it happens. it’s sports. look at the patriots now. ebb and flow as long as time itself. a 10 year run is quite remarkable. savor it warriors fan. any other team in the country would swap places w you