It was always going to be hard for the eighth-seeded New Orleans Pelicans to upset the first-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs.
No team has ever won an NBA Playoffs series after going three games to none. This is the reality that the New Orleans Pelicans now have to face or something they could put to reset by defying all odds.
The New Orleans Pelicans fell 106-85 to the Oklahoma City Thunder and now find themselves in a 3-0 series deficit in their NBA Playoffs first round matchup.
Zion Williamson is currently dealing with a hamstring injury he sustained during the play-in tournament.
The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder had to battle to the buzzer to win their Western Conference first-round series opener against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Former NBA guard Norris Cole has agreed to a contract with Osos de Manati of Puerto Rico, the team announced. Cole, 35, spent this past season playing for the now-defunct G League Ignite.
The NBA Playoffs is as much of an incubator for coaching creativity and adjustments as it is a platform for star players to assert their dominance. The Oklahoma City Thunder have an NBA MVP candidate in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but unfortunately, the New Orleans Pelicans are missing Zion Williamson.
Jonas Valanciunas went under his rebound prop on Wednesday night to stop our Look of the Day winning streak, but we're looking to start a new one on Thursday night.
The Oklahoma City Thunder handled business on their homecourt to bring a 2-0 NBA Playoffs series lead into the Smoothie King Center on Saturday (April 27).
The New Orleans Pelicans can say they are not panicking, but actions speak louder than words. The eighth-seeded underdogs knew they allowed a golden opportunity to slip away in a two-point Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
After getting a close win in Game 1, the Oklahoma City Thunder went home again with the victory against the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 2. But for head coach Willie Green, the way they won was filled with a lot of flopping.
After keeping it close in Game 1, the New Orleans Pelicans got blown out of the watergot blown out of the water in Game 2 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The New Orleans Pelicans showed their capability to pull off an upset in Game 1, when they put the fear of a higher being into the Oklahoma City Thunder by keeping it close throughout what ended up being a 94-92 win for OKC.
Jamal Crawford called SGA a "baaaadd man" after his step back jumper gave the Thunder a 20-point lead in the third quarter. The Thunder's All-Star scored 33 points on 13-for-19 shooting, as the Pelicans had no answer for him.
Gilgeous-Alexander has been cooking through the first two games of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. He has averaged 30.5 points on 55 percent shooting from the field.
Oklahoma City Thunder and New Orleans Pelicans will face each other in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs Round 1 on Wednesday, April 24, starting at 9:30 PM ET in the Paycom Center.
The New Orleans Pelicans earned their way into the 2024 NBA Playoffs through the NBA Play-In Tournament. It is tough enough finding success in the postseason as the No.
Chris Baker of the Action Network breaks down his Pelicans vs. Thunder Game 2 predictions and picks in his NBA Playoffs betting preview for Wednesday, April 24.
One NBA writer proposed that the Miami Heat acquire Brandon Ingram from the New Orleans Pelicans this summer. Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report likes Ingram’s fit on the Heat. “When scanning the list of potential South Beach targets, New Orleans Pelicans swingman Brandon Ingram comes to mind,” Buckley wrote.
Williamson played a career-high 70 games for the Pelicans during the regular season and was poised to make his playoff debut this year.
The New Orleans Pelicans have been the Sacramento Kings’ worst nightmare this season.
Tuesday night’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans threw up a few questions. One was primarily the health of Zion Williamson after he left midway through the 4th quarter.
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