There is danger at hand among the Pelicans, who are unable to extricate themselves from a cataclysmic start to the season, complicated by repeated injuries to their senior players. After having to compose without Dejounte Murray Then CJ McCollum at the start of the financial year, today are Brandon Ingram And Zion Williamson who are missing, and inevitably it is an entire collective that is floundering.
In “back-to-back” in Atlanta on Monday after taking on water at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks the day before, CJ McCollum's teammates again conceded an infuriating defeat, facing a squad which has found its feet again. forces present. The evenings follow one another and are therefore similar, enough to tense up the main players in the locker room a little, while the Louisiana franchise hoped to play the Top 8 and now finds itself at the bottom of the hole.
“ We're not far away, but there is frustration, and it's normal that there is when you lose matches.”, concedes Willie Green. “We want to do everything we can to help the team win again. You have to give credit to the guys that they came with the right intentions, they played hard and they gave everything. But once again, we narrowly fail, because we are not capable of finishing the quarters well and ending our matches with a victory.”
Brandon Ingram expected this week
With 18 losses in 22 games and two complicated games to come at home against the Suns and the Thunder, times are tough, even if the Pelicans coach assures that his players still had their heads in the right place.
“They are competitors, obviously the players feel this pressure,” he added. “They arrive in each room with the belief that they have a chance to win. We want guys who can give a good game plan, who are disciplined and who will enter the field with a love of competition.”
CJ McCollum also makes sure to stay positive, believing that the hardest part is over for the Pelicans, while Brandon Ingram, injured in the calf for ten days, could return to the game in the next matches. As a reminder, the Murray-McCollum-Ingram trio only played one match together this season, the very first.
“We have to move forward. The guys are starting to come back, and with a full roster, we can give ourselves every chance of winning.”, did he slip. “Talent matters in the NBA. You want to be able to have your best players on the field, so they can play as much as they want and make the job easier for everyone.”
But if things don't improve and the season quickly turns out to be lost, things could change, with Brandon Ingram either having to extend, or be transferred by the “trade deadline”.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Brandon Ingram | 16 | 33.7 | 46.5 | 36.4 | 83.0 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 22.9 |
| Zion Williamson | 6 | 31.1 | 45.2 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 22.7 |
| Cj Mccollum | 9 | 32.5 | 44.6 | 34.2 | 62.5 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| Trey Murphy III | 9 | 32.5 | 38.8 | 30.7 | 83.3 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 17.3 |
| Dejounte Murray | 5 | 31.2 | 27.2 | 21.4 | 88.9 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 13.2 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 11 | 27.4 | 37.3 | 33.3 | 90.3 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 13.1 |
| Bj Boston, Jr. | 19 | 28.5 | 41.9 | 31.2 | 86.4 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| Jose Alvarado | 11 | 25.6 | 39.6 | 40.0 | 82.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 10.7 |
| Yves Missi | 21 | 24.6 | 56.7 | 0.0 | 61.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 9.0 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 8 | 21.0 | 35.6 | 29.6 | 63.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| Jeremiah Robinson earl | 22 | 21.1 | 44.9 | 33.3 | 88.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Herb Jones | 4 | 28.3 | 48.0 | 18.2 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 6.8 |
| Elfrid Payton | 7 | 20.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 6.7 |
| Javonte Green | 22 | 24.3 | 42.4 | 32.1 | 76.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| Antonio Reeves | 12 | 10.8 | 41.0 | 26.7 | 85.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Jamal Cain | 13 | 14.7 | 48.0 | 36.0 | 64.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| Daniel Theis | 17 | 14.3 | 42.9 | 22.2 | 80.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Trey Jemison | 13 | 11.2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 46.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| Karlo Matkovic | 5 | 7.7 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
