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At the gates of the playoffs, the Pelicans ridicule the Blazers

Zion Williamson is still out, but his Pelicans are the hottest team in the West with a fifth straight win. It must be said that opposite, the Blazers have put themselves in “tanking” mode, and it is starting to show: a home defeat of 34 points (124-90); 29 rebounds against 53; 21% from 3-pointers. The meeting only lasted a few minutes. Time for Brandon Ingram’s teammates to break through the first curtain to chain easy baskets. After 10 minutes, the Pelicans are already leading by 18 points (30-12), and they will never let go of the accelerator. All while defending since they will reach halftime with only 35 points conceded.

Unsurprisingly, the gap will reach 36 points with the Blazers unable to defend their racket. Willie Green takes the opportunity to breathe his stars because tonight they travel to Golden State in a CAPITAL meeting for the future.

WHAT YOU MUST REMEMBER

The Pelicans close to the playoffs. With five wins in a row, Brandon Ingram’s teammates are on the positive side: 38 wins for 37 losses. They are 8th, one victory away from 6th place now held by Wolves, synonymous with direct qualification in the playoffs.

The Blazers distort the end of the season. With four less holders for several matches, the Blazers suffer their 9th defeat in 10 matches. Like last season, Chauncey Billups plays his young people, and the 15 assists speak volumes about the lack of collective.

TOPS & FLOPS

Brandon Ingram. The winger celebrates his Player of the Week trophy with sobriety: 29 points on 12 out of 19 on shots. The young Blazers tried to shove him, but he rather sickened them by scoring with the foul.

Jonas Valanciunas. A big double-double with his record rebounds for the season: 21 catches. A practice match for him.

Shaedon Sharpe. No defense, clumsiness… Fortunately, he wakes up a bit in the 3rd quarter.

The Blazers defense. No binding between players. No help. No double takes. At the slightest touch, the defender explodes. A parody of defense.

THE FOLLOWING

Portland (32v-43d) : reception of the Kings on Wednesday who will be able to validate their place in the playoffs and… eliminate the Blazers.

New Orleans (38v-37d) : back-to-back tonight at Golden State.

Portland / 90 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
D. Eubanks 23 4/8 0/1 4/4 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 -17 12 12
N.Little 20 3/10 1/5 0/0 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 -11 7 6
Mr. Thybulle 14 1/4 0/2 1/2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -9 3 1
S.Sharpe 35 5/13 1/4 1/1 1 7 8 1 4 1 2 0 -36 12 12
R. Arcidiacono 17 1/4 1/2 0/0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 -7 3 2
J Walker 25 3/9 0/1 1/1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 -17 7 5
J. Butler Jr. 17 0/3 0/2 0/0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 -7 0 -2
K.Knox II 32 6/15 1/7 2/2 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 0 -15 15 14
C. Reddish 26 5/9 0/2 1/1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 -24 11 7
K. Johnson 31 7/15 3/7 3/4 0 3 3 6 1 0 4 0 -27 20 16
35/90 7/33 13/15 6 23 29 15 16 6 12 2 90 73
New Orleans / 124 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
B.Ingram 31 12/19 1/2 4/5 1 5 6 4 0 1 4 0 +34 29 28
H.Jones 26 3/4 0/0 1/1 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 +32 7 11
J.Valanciunas 30 4/6 0/0 2/4 4 17 21 0 5 0 5 2 +28 10 24
C. McCollum 25 7/15 3/7 0/0 0 1 1 8 1 2 1 2 +23 17 21
T.Murphy III 28 5/11 1/7 5/5 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 +10 16 12
L. Nance Jr. 11 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 +3 2 5
G.Temple 7 2/2 1/1 0/0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 +3 5 9
N.Marshall 19 3/7 0/1 2/2 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 -3 8 13
W. Hernangomez 7 2/3 0/0 0/0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 +3 4 7
J Hayes 4 1/3 0/2 0/0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 +5 2 1
K.Lewis Jr. 7 2/2 2/2 0/0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 +3 6 10
J.Richardson 22 4/5 2/3 0/0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 +18 10 13
D. Daniels 23 3/8 2/3 0/0 0 3 3 4 3 0 1 0 +11 8 9
49/86 12/28 14/17 8 45 53 31 16 5 16 6 124 163

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