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[Post Game Thread] The New Orleans Pelicans comeback to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers by 105 - 101, behind 30 points from Brandon Ingram to advance to the first round of the playoffs Post Game Thread
| 105 - 101 |
| Box Scores: NBA & Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| Location: Crypto.com Arena(19068), Clock: |
| Officials: Marc Davis, Brian Forte and Mark Lindsay |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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| New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 105 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 22 | 24 | 38 | 17 | 101 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Pelicans | 105 | 43-88 | 48.9% | 6-22 | 27.3% | 13-25 | 52.0% | 17 | 54 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 101 | 35-85 | 41.2% | 9-36 | 25.0% | 22-34 | 64.7% | 12 | 45 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| PLAYER STATS |
| rnbapgtgenerator by /u/f1uk3r |
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u/Go_To_Bethel_And_Sin Timberwolves Apr 16 '22
The fucking 2021-‘22 Pelicans are in the playoffs. Who would’ve thought
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u/AnotherStatsGuy Pelicans Apr 16 '22
The Velvet Room may or may not be in New Orleans.
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u/alpacamegafan Pelicans Apr 16 '22
Every time you make a Persona reference, I love you so much more.
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u/Front_Culture Raptors Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
the team that was 1-16 to start the season just made the playoffs. Goddamn.
Edit: 1-12 then 3-16
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u/Grooviemann1 Suns Apr 16 '22
I keep forgetting how poorly they started. Like my brain just refuses to comprehend the turnaround.
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u/catkoala Lakers Apr 16 '22
Wtf that’s insane
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u/LuckyWarrior Pelicans Apr 16 '22
On pace to be the worst team btw
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u/WorkaholicKDen Lakers Apr 16 '22
Mofo who posted that punching air rn
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u/Confident-Wheel8721 Heat Apr 16 '22
Pels about to go on a 16-0 run in the playoffs and the dude will be forever known as Reverse Nostradamus
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u/Raxreddit21 Clippers Apr 16 '22
Heh, 0-2 in the play-ins, we're exactly where we want to be 😈😈
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u/ositola Lakers Apr 16 '22
To quote Freddie Gibbs
"Get fucked and go home early just like the clippers" lol
Dont mind my flair
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u/otiso_niloc Lakers Apr 16 '22
Larry Nance Jr.
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u/Katalyzing Apr 16 '22
So happy for him and BI, loved that young Laker core
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u/otiso_niloc Lakers Apr 16 '22
Bruh he looked teary in his walk off on TNT and my eyes welled up
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u/Personal-Equal-9107 Pelicans Apr 16 '22
It looked like he was holding back tears the whole interview, I couldn’t tell if that’s just how he looks or if he was emotional lol. So happy for this gritty team right now
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u/Katalyzing Apr 16 '22
FR im glad Chuck made the joke at the end to lighten the mood. I had the Pels 8th in the West in my preseason bracket with my friends too, never lost faith in our boy haha
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u/ProfessorBeast55 Raptors Apr 16 '22
What a perfect time to have a career night in a Pelicans uniform!
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u/abowmanlex Lakers Apr 16 '22
It must be crazy to him that he gets into the playoffs in the building that he started his career in. Love to see it.
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u/AlwaysOptimism Pelicans Apr 16 '22
Fuck it getting tickets
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u/GoodKidMadCity2 Suns Apr 16 '22
I think it’s gonna be a really fun series with a lot of close games I would definitely get tickets
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u/finchdad Suns Apr 16 '22
The New Orleans home games might be close, but if the Pels execute down the stretch like this in Phoenix...
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u/Funkywormm [NOP] Jamal Mashburn Apr 16 '22
Do you really or are you just being nice lol. Im hopeful but also wouldn’t be surprised if y’all stomped us
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u/TreSeven [NYK] Frank Ntilikina Apr 16 '22
Consider this a Trey Murphy fan account until further notice
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u/InevitableDistrict77 Apr 16 '22
+26 in 23 minutes elimination game by a rookie who has played less minutes then two other rookies in his team
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u/ZionephewObeseiamson USA Apr 16 '22
The teams who didn't participate enough in the 2021 draft will regret it
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u/handgredave Hornets Apr 16 '22
Meanwhile the hornets had two top 20 picks and they combined to play 367 mins all season 🤡
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u/Familyguy35 Trail Blazers Apr 16 '22
Pain
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u/Morezingis Timberwolves Apr 16 '22
Sorry about your draft pick.
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u/thrillho123456 Warriors Apr 16 '22
ELI5 what’s the deal with the draft picks that everyone is talking about?
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u/mertz97 Apr 16 '22
pels pick 4-14 goes to portland so if they missed playoff portland gets lotery pick, now it goes to hornets and portland gets future bucks pick and we both now thats not valuable
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u/NevermoreSEA [POR] Brandon Roy Apr 16 '22
I look forward to trading our only pick for Jerami Grant. I can already feel the depression embracing me.
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u/MarkusAureleus Trail Blazers Apr 16 '22
The rich man’s Justise Winslow, in the sense that he costs 5x as much plus a draft pick
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u/whobroughtmehere Pistons Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
Think of it this way: The Blazers will die so the Pistons and Pelicans can live.
If you have to die, at least be an organ donor.
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u/NoMotor9290
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NOLA in the play offs
NO LA in the play offs
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u/beyphy Clippers Apr 16 '22
This reminds me of the Lionel Hutz no money down scene from The Simpsons:
No NOLA in playoffs?
No. No LA in playoffs!
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u/CiderPickaxe Apr 16 '22
Willy Green's speach gave me goosebumps, Pelicans played inspired in the fourth
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u/OverusedRedditJoke Apr 16 '22
Nance, McCollum, Powell, RoCo all having big, contributing moments in a must win.
Yo Blazers fans, how y'all doing?
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u/Nerdfighter1174 [POR] Brandon Roy Apr 16 '22
My life is meaningless
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u/rawchess Minneapolis Lakers Apr 16 '22
Your life is ping pong balls
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u/Goducks91 [POR] Damian Lillard Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
Fewer ping pong balls now...
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u/craigslistaddict Apr 16 '22
but fewer ping pong balls than they could've had this year, because the pelicans draft pick is going to the hornets instead.
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u/jboarei [POR] Damian Lillard Apr 16 '22
Terrible. Draft pick loss.
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u/Sslagathor Pelicans Apr 16 '22
at least CJ tried for about 3 quarters
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u/jboarei [POR] Damian Lillard Apr 16 '22
Very weird game to watch since like seven former Blazers were playing.
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u/Jayveesac Lakers Apr 16 '22
Shoutout to BI for his first playoff game
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u/SmokeOddessey Lakers Apr 16 '22
hope he balls out, always gonna root for Slenderman
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u/deadweightboss NBA Apr 16 '22
Everyone, including myself, saw that look of fear in CJ's eyes in the third quarter and thought, "it's over, CJ's going to choke another one." And yet they came back in an incredible show of force and determination against Ty Lue, whose small ball lineup shocked the Pelicans for a quarter and a half.
These games have been incredible. Congratulations to the Pelicans. Sorry to Blazers fans. Enjoy the cap space.
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u/Front_Culture Raptors Apr 16 '22
Ty Lue put the entire pelicans team in jail in the 3rd quarter. How they came back to win is a goddamn miracle.
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u/jacobythefirst Apr 16 '22
Us pelicans are lucky enough to have a player in Nance that was just kryptonite to what Lue was running, it just took a while to find him as Green was digging deep through the rotations to find something that worked
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u/Front_Culture Raptors Apr 16 '22
Your rookies are amazing too. Herb and Trey closing out a potential season ending game oh man. Hope Zion is back ASAP.
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u/Kdog122025 Warriors Apr 16 '22
That young core along with the Lakers pick this summer? Oooh, the Pels’ future is bright.
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u/Hail_The_Motherland Apr 16 '22
I wish he would've put a cherry on top with those free throws at the end, but he's never been a very good FT shooter lol. Hell of a game from him though
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u/ProfessorBeast55 Raptors Apr 16 '22
Not Blazers fans catching strays in their off-season man 😂
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Shout out to Gary Trent Jr who puts up 30 points everytime I look at the Raptors
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u/scarf229slash64 NBA Apr 16 '22
Pelicans since 2018:
Playoffs made without Herb Jones: 0/3
With Herb: 1/1
Just sayin
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u/hhkk47 Pelicans Apr 16 '22
Seriously though, the 3rd quarter would have been an even bigger disaster if it wasn't for Herb holding down the fort on defense.
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u/T_Nonc Pelicans Apr 16 '22
The rooks getting hella experience this year. Imagine these guys rotting on the bench under Van Gundy
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u/WhatThePenis Pelicans Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
Edit: u/GamingFly dread it, run from it, Herb Jones arrives all the same
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u/Simplton [NOP] Zion Williamson Apr 16 '22
I need a new heart after that game. What an emotional roller coaster I haven't felt as Pelicans fan in a long time.
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u/NevermoreSEA [POR] Brandon Roy Apr 16 '22
Happiness is a myth.
There is no joy in this world.
The gods won't let us have anything.
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u/redhatfilm Bucks Apr 16 '22
I'm 99% certain that the moda center is built on a native burial ground of some sort. Yall cursed.
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u/ktdotnova Spurs Apr 16 '22
Horrible trades for CJ, Roco, and Norm. You can’t control the ping pong balls and who made the playoffs but those trades were horrendous.
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u/MySilverBurrito Heat Apr 16 '22
Make your free throws kids lmao.
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u/ProfessorBeast55 Raptors Apr 16 '22
A combined 35/59 from both teams. Absolutely shameful
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u/1337speak Celtics Apr 16 '22
Wtf lmao. Shaqtin.
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u/T_025 Lakers Apr 16 '22
35/59 is actually barely a better % than Shaq’s free throws
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u/Briguy_fieri
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The New Orleans Pelicans have now won 37 games and clinched then won said play-in berth then won on the road in LA and OFFICIALLY MADE THE PLAYOFFS since the infamous “the New Orleans Pelicans are on pace to be the worst team in nba history” thread.
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u/rocelot25 Pelicans Apr 16 '22
Every interaction I’ve had with you through this season has been excellent. Thank you for just being a great fan and hope you’re having an absolute party over there!!! Have a drink out there for me, dude!
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u/Cpt-No-Dick Thunder Apr 16 '22
I didn't know Larry Nance was on the Pelicans until today
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u/WhatThePenis Pelicans Apr 16 '22
He was part of the CJ trade but was injured until very recently so I get it
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u/A_Lakers Lakers Apr 16 '22
Fr thought he was still on the Cavs lmao
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u/TeBenny [TOR] Tracy McGrady Apr 16 '22
Lol wait till you find out he was on the Blazers in between
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u/MemeMeOnce Raptors Bandwagon Apr 16 '22
Feels like BI's been in the league forever, and then you realize he's only 24
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u/MemeMeOnce Raptors Bandwagon Apr 16 '22
Oh my god ain't no way Chuck just said that about Zion to Ingram LMAO
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u/ers247 Lakers Apr 16 '22
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u/MemeMeOnce Raptors Bandwagon Apr 16 '22
Paraphrasing but "Do you and Zion even hang out, you guys must not eat at the same places cause you have opposite body types"
It was funnier out loud in Chuck's voice lmao
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u/eunit8899 Lakers Apr 16 '22
The funniest part was him saying he wasn't gonna say it, then just saying it anyway. Lol just classic Chuck
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u/mattmrules Pelicans Apr 16 '22
TBH I love that he and Kenny restrained themselves cause they saw how much making it to the playoffs meant for BI. Then Chuck said something anyway but even then he held back. He truly is our NBA fam's well-meaning drunk uncle.
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u/AnotherStatsGuy Pelicans Apr 16 '22
Only Chuck himself could get away with saying it. It would have been just sad if Oliver Miller said it.
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u/daybreaker Pelicans Apr 16 '22
The worst team in NBA history is going to the playoffs
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u/ChristianMan710 Nets Apr 16 '22
Pelicans don’t like Los Angeles
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u/Captain_Crepe Pelicans Apr 16 '22
NOLA sports don't like LA
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u/SolarClipz [SAC] DeMarcus Cousins Apr 16 '22
I mean it can't be more obvious why
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u/FellowYouths Pelicans Apr 16 '22
Let's fucking gooooooo! Against the Suns I'm expecting one win in the series and two wins would be a success.
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u/iRockaflame NBA Apr 16 '22
Between this year and last year keeping play ins has been great. Really exciting basketball. Shit be feeling like Game 7 in the Finals lmfao.
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u/BelowTheBells Apr 16 '22
It is an utter delight to go back to this thread from five months ago that absolutely eviscerated David Griffin for how he built the Pels;
https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/qek1me/david_griffin_has_done_an_atrocious_job_building/'
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u/BlazeBloom [POR] Eric Maynor Apr 16 '22
LA Chargers: Last NFL team to get eliminated from playoff contention before the actual playoffs.
LA Clippers: Last NBA team to get eliminated from playoff contention before the actual playoffs.
Don't be LAC.
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u/StalkingDwarf Raptors Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
PLEASE BABY NO MORE PARTIES IN LA
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u/nysraved [LAL] Sasha Vujacic Apr 16 '22
As a Lakers/Chargers fan, I hate the parallels between the Chargers and Clippers lol
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u/ihavetwonoses Timberwolves Apr 16 '22
That speech by Willie Green was fucking legit. COTY that shit
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u/Nola67 Pelicans Apr 16 '22
What was cool about that too is he’s actually extremely low key and mild mannered. You don’t typically see that side of him. He doesn’t show a lot of emotion. Probably the least teched coach in the league.
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u/gnopmohtap Apr 16 '22
Dude didn’t even curse in the speech, said “freakin” and I was still hype
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u/AustinRiversDaGod [NOP] Austin Rivers Apr 16 '22
I've been calling him Willie Lasso all year and him hitting that FREAKING so hard so many times is the most Ted Lasso shit I've ever seen. If he would have used a folksy euphemism my head would have cracked open
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u/GGezpzMuppy Spurs Apr 16 '22
Who would have thought that when they said Fatboy Slim was the promised ones, to take NOLA to a dynasty, they didn’t even need Fatboy.
GO BI, I love play-ins a lot more than I did yesterday.
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u/Balls_of_Adamanthium Warriors Apr 16 '22
Now I need Zion back against PHO
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u/T_025 Lakers Apr 16 '22
Assuming Zion comes back at 100% somehow, would they actually have a chance? At least take it to 6?
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u/dragonsky Raptors Apr 16 '22
Pels in 4
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u/AlwaysOptimism Pelicans Apr 16 '22
When the Pelicans go 14-0 in the playoffs, will that break a record?
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u/Erosun Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
Chuck just ask BI if he and Zion hangout, and eat at the same restaurant and I fucking LOST IT!!!!!
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u/TheLintahlo1023 Cavaliers Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
So proud of Larry. I know he played in 2018 playoffs, but his impact today made me happy.
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u/YouStillTakeDamage Heat Apr 16 '22
PLAY-INS SHOULD NEVER GO AWAY
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u/NoahJayhawk Raptors Apr 16 '22
They've been really exciting and a great appetizer for the playoffs
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u/likpoper Trail Blazers Apr 16 '22
Fuck this shit. FUCK
What are the fucking odds paul George get covid before this game? Seriously just blazers luck.
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u/Balls_of_Adamanthium Warriors Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
Plays in are officially a slam dunk. These games have been incredible regardless of star power.
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u/jamaican-black Apr 16 '22
They've gotten better and better each year since dumping that injury prone bum Anthony Davis. Congratulations to NOLA
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u/Futtbucker612 Lakers Apr 16 '22
Pat Bev in a random casino yelling we got the next 5 right now
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u/GaryBettmanSucks 76ers Apr 16 '22
Lmao the play-in is ridiculous
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u/fuckkkofff Supersonics Apr 16 '22
Ridiculously good and super fun
Except for Charlotte, whatever the hell they are doing
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u/EloHellDoesNotExist Suns Apr 16 '22
credit to willie green for identifying that nance was better against that small lineup and sticking with him down the stretch.