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The NBA Play-In Tournament finale is set to take place on Friday as the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Atlanta Hawks, and the Los Angeles Clippers take on the New Orleans Pelicans. Both games feature an eighth-seeded team hosting the ninth-seeding team in each conference. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are gearing up for a play-in game against the LA Clippers that will decide the fate of their season. The fate of their future, though, lies with Zion Williamson. His foot injury has kept him sidelined. According to Andrew Lopez of ESPN, the Pelicans and Williamson don’t see eye-to-eye on the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers were dealt a crippling blow ahead of their NBA play-in game against the New Orleans Pelicans. On Friday morning, it was revealed Paul George would be unable to take the court after testing positive for COVID-19. While his absence will be a major loss for the Clippers, the team will pivot […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have big plans this summer. Unfortunately for interim general manager Joe Cronin and company, though, one of the Blazers’ most valuable offseason building blocks may not materialize after all—and it’s completely outside their control. Paul George is unavailable for Friday night’s do-or-die play-in game against the New Orleans Pelicans after testing positive for […]

The Los Angeles Clippers suffered a disappointing loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves after holding a lead for the majority of the first play-in game. The Timberwolves rallied around their home crowd late and secured the scrappy 109-104 victory.   Due to the setup of the play-in tournament, the Clippers are not eliminated yet and will […]

The New Orleans Pelicans had the Smoothie King Center rocking on Wednesday night. CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram, and Jonas Valanciunas played like a bona fide Big 3 as they took out the San Antonio Spurs on their home floor. But to make the playoffs, they face a much greater challenge in the Los Angeles Clippers. […]

Fresh off their big win over the San Antonio Spurs, the News Orleans Pelicans are riding high as they head into their highly anticipated showdown with the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament on Friday. In their continued fight to earn the final spot in the Western Conference Playoffs, the Pelicans will […]

It feels like ages ago since CJ McCollum made the move from the Portland Trail Blazers to join the New Orleans Pelicans. Right now, the 30-year-old has a great opportunity to help the Pels make their first playoff appearance in the post-Anthony Davis era. In the process, McCollum could also single-handedly sabotage Portland’s plans for […]

Before his entry into the NBA, Zion Williamson made a career out of highlight dunks. The New Orleans Pelicans star dominated the social media landscape during his high school days with his crazy mixtapes. Once he advanced to the college and NBA level, we got to see less and less of Zion the hype machine. […]

It now feels like ages ago when Anthony Davis forced his way out of the New Orleans Pelicans to make the big move to LA. After a lot of drama, AD ended up joining LeBron James with the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2019. As it turns out, however, the Clippers also had […]

The battle for the 8-seed continues as the New Orleans Pelicans travel to Los Angeles to take on the Clippers. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Pelicans-Clippers prediction and pick.   The Pelicans advanced to this game after narrowly taking down the San Antonio Spurs 113-103 Wednesday night. New Orleans ended […]

With a New Orleans Pelicans 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament game scheduled for Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, the eighth seed in the Western Conference remains up for grabs. Ahead of the Pelicans-Clippers game, we’ll be making Pelicans NBA Play-In Tournament predictions. The Pelicans finished the 2021-22 season with a 36-46 record, led by […]

The New Orleans Pelicans won their first do-or-die play-in game on Wednesday, holding off the San Antonio Spurs in a 113-103 victory. With the win, the Pelicans now face another win-or-go-home affair on Friday, this time against the Los Angeles Clippers after they lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves earlier in the week.   New Orleans […]

After a putrid start to the 2021-22 season, the New Orleans Pelicans are one win away from writing their name into the NBA playoffs bracket. Swinging a trade for CJ McCollum has changed their trajectory, as they have won their first play-in game and are closer to making the postseason than most people expected. McCollum […]

Jose Alvarado won the hearts of New Orleans Pelicans fans this season. Now with the team locking up a spot in the NBA playoffs, his name echoed the streets surrounding the Smoothie King Center after their Play-In tournament win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. Check out the epic scene filled with Pelicans […]

After falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night, Paul George and the LA Clippers will take on CJ McCollum and the New Orleans Pelicans in the play-in tournament Friday night. The winner will become the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The loser will have their season come to an end. The Pelicans […]

The San Antonio Spurs bowed out of playoff contention on Wednesday following a heartbreaking 113-103 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. After the game, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich fielded questions from the media wherein the legendary shot-caller revealed exactly why he remains proud of his boys despite their poor showing in this season-ending loss. […]

CJ McCollum had a red-hot first-half performance for the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday as they faced off against the San Antonio Spurs in a win-or-go-home Play-In game. McCollum dropped 27 points in his first-half explosion and even Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant had to take notice. Morant needed just three words to express how […]

With a chance to potentially make the playoffs for the first time in his six-year career, you can bet that Brandon Ingram had no intention of letting his nagging hamstring injury prevent him from suiting up tonight for the New Orleans Pelicans. Pelicans head coach Willie Green announced earlier this evening that the Pelicans’ young […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have yet to make any significant update on the status of superstar forward Zion Williamson. However, if you look at how he’s throwing down the ball of late then you could almost guess that the former first overall pick is going to play tomorrow. Here’s a look at the Pelicans star […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are preparing for a play-in tournament showdown with the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night but honestly, this team wasn’t supposed to be here. They were poor for most of the season until the trade deadline when the Pels acquired CJ McCollum. Although his early brilliance didn’t translate into success with […]

After leapfrogging the Los Angeles Lakers and grabbing the final spot in the play-in tournament, the San Antonio Spurs are in position to earn their 24th playoff appearance the last 25 years. Led by coach Gregg Popovich and a young core featuring Dejounte Murray, Jakob Poeltl, Lonnie Walker, and Keldon Johnson, the Spurs will look […]

The San Antonio Spurs will take on the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Spurs-Pelicans prediction and pick.   These divisional opponents didn’t have an easy road to the postseason. The Spurs barely edged out the Los Angeles Lakers for the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans won’t be at completely full strength for their play-in matchup with the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. There’s still no timeline for Zion Williamson to make his 2021-22 debut, after all. New Orleans can at least take solace from knowing another key franchise building block will be available for its first […]

Despite attempting to flip into win-now mode for the past several years, the New Orleans Pelicans have not had a winning record since the 2017-18 season and have had just two in the past 10 years. Even so, the Pelicans managed to sneak into the 2022 NBA Play-In Tournament as the No. 9 seed and […]

The 2021-22 regular season has finally come to an end with little time to wait before the postseason tips off. For the San Antonio Spurs, it was a season they came into with little expectations. The youthful roster finished with a record of 34-48 on the season which was enough to give them the 10th […]

The New Orleans Pelicans began this 2021-22 season on a sour note with a league-worst 1-12 record. Without Zion Williamson and with so many questions swirling around his future, it seemed like another lost and disappointing season for the organization. Instead, the Pelicans roared back to earn the No. 9 seed in the Western Conference, […]

Zion Williamson and Ja Morant shared a friendly moment on the basketball court on Saturday following the Memphis Grizzlies’ 141-114 demolition job of the New Orleans Pelicans. The two superstars exchanged pleasantries after the game and naturally, we just can’t help but read into what could have been said between the pair. The Pelicans star […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will pay a visit to FedExForum to take on the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Pelicans-Grizzlies prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below.   The Pelicans are coming off a 127-94 win over the […]

At this point, it feels like New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson hasn’t played in the NBA since the Creation of Man. Even before the season started, several reports hinted that the burly big man would suit up, but clearly, his recovery from his foot injury has taken longer than expected for the Pelicans. He, […]

Herbert ‘Herb’ Jones has quietly become one of the NBA’s best rookies this season. The New Orleans Pelicans big man has been the backbone of the defense in just his first year playing. His long arms and quick defensive instincts have made him a prime piece to pair with Zion Williamson once he returns. There’s […]

Three years ago, the New Orleans Pelicans finished the regular season without a chance at the postseason tournament. To make the brutal season worse, star Anthony Davis requested a trade and was on his way out the door. After the team’s final game in 2019, Davis wore a shirt that read ‘That’s All Folks!’ referencing […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ 2021-22 failure became complete on Tuesday night thanks to their loss to the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs’ impressive win over the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers were eliminated from play-in tournament contention with the loss, a fact that has the New Orleans Pelicans and their fans jumping for joy. […]

Zion Williamson’s future with the New Orleans Pelicans has been the subject of speculations throughout the 2021-22 season. His absence due to a foot injury also didn’t help in stopping the talks that he’s done with the franchise. However, Zion’s stepfather, Lee Anderson, shot those talks down and emphasized they are committed to the franchise. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have played the entire season without Zion Williamson. The young power forward fractured his foot ahead of the 2021-2022 NBA season and has suffered countless setbacks in his return. However, the star has shown signs of progress recently. And, Lee Anderson, Williamson’s stepfather, said that he expects his stepson to play […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently on life support to make the play-in tournament, particularly so after their Sunday night defeat against the Denver Nuggets. But the biggest game of the season was arguably the game prior against the New Orleans Pelicans. In order to keep pace with the San Antonio Spurs for the 10th […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will pay a visit to Crypto.com Arena to take on the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Pelicans-Clippers prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. The Pelicans are coming off a massive 114-111 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers finally got both LeBron James and Anthony Davis back on the floor together on Friday night in what many considered to be a must-win game for the squad. Unfortunately for them, LeBron and AD’s return still wasn’t enough to save a hapless Lakers side as they lost to the New Orleans […]

The New Orleans Pelicans earned a hard-fought win against the Los Angeles Lakers Friday night. Their win secured a full regular-season sweep against LeBron James and company, a very impressive feat. Following the game in Los Angeles, Kendrick Perkins tweeted his admiration towards the Pelicans and their tenacity and unwavering success over the Lakers. The […]