104 - 95

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Frost Bank Center

Officials: Marat Kogut, Mitchell Ervin, and Evan Scott

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
New Orleans Pelicans	25	31	26	22	104
San Antonio Spurs	28	19	21	27	95

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
New Orleans Pelicans	104	41-102	40.2%	9-34	26.5%	13-17	76.5%	19	72	23	23	3	10	5
San Antonio Spurs	95	32-81	39.5%	12-44	27.3%	19-32	59.4%	10	55	22	16	2	11	5

PLAYER STATS


New Orleans Pelicans	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Saddiq Bey^SF	33:27	24	7-15	3-7	7-9	4	6	10	4	1	0	0	0	22
Zion Williamson^PF	33:15	24	10-18	0-0	4-5	4	6	10	4	0	1	1	2	17
Derik Queen^C	17:10	4	2-7	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	4	5	3
Trey Murphy III^SG	37:54	17	7-22	3-11	0-1	1	5	6	9	0	0	1	2	13
Herbert Jones^PG	28:29	9	4-10	1-4	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	2	0	4	21
Yves Missi	30:17	10	4-11	0-0	2-2	6	8	14	2	1	2	1	5	9
Karlo Matković	11:33	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	-14
Jeremiah Fears	16:23	8	4-9	0-3	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	-4
Micah Peavy	18:16	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	-10
Jose Alvarado	13:15	6	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	-12
Jordan Hawkins	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DeAndre Jordan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevon Looney	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Poole	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Alexander	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Dickinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce McGowens	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dejounte Murray	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Antonio Spurs	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Julian Champagnie^SF	29:14	13	3-9	1-7	6-6	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	-3
Harrison Barnes^PF	19:02	5	1-2	1-2	2-2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	-9
Victor Wembanyama^C	31:21	16	6-16	2-10	2-6	1	15	16	0	0	4	3	3	-12
Stephon Castle^SG	28:51	5	1-6	0-2	3-4	1	3	4	5	1	0	2	2	-19
De’Aaron Fox^PG	34:44	12	4-8	3-5	1-4	0	2	2	7	0	0	4	3	-13
Devin Vassell	25:16	13	5-12	2-8	1-3	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	-6
Luke Kornet	19:52	5	2-5	0-0	1-2	6	2	8	1	0	1	0	0	8
Dylan Harper	16:46	5	2-6	0-0	1-1	1	5	6	3	0	0	1	1	18
Keldon Johnson	27:31	15	6-12	1-5	2-4	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	5	-14
Carter Bryant	07:23	6	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	5
Bismack Biyombo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan McLaughlin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Olynyk	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Sochan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lindy Waters III	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harrison Ingram	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Jones Garcia	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stanley Umude	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Relodwire | Pelicans

189 | 11 hours ago

Wemby is a generational defender and Zion absolutely deep fried his ass nearly all game. Its so hard to quit Zion man. He is so fucking talented.

SCP239 | Magic

70 | 10 hours ago

That’s how they get you, it’s the hope.

onionnurve | 76ers

3 | 6 hours ago

The pels are in too deep with their toxic relationship. They’ll never leave

SnooWoofers5193

40 | 10 hours ago

Did somebody say deep fried?!

PossibleMechanic89 | Pelicans

17 | 9 hours ago

Zion to be reevaluated in 2 weeks due to cholesterol.

Coattail-Rider

6 | 8 hours ago

Even better than that, they said deep fried ass

yoyoman831 | Spurs

20 | 10 hours ago

Gonna be for real, Spurs fan and Vic glazer since before he entered the league, his “generational defender” is and has been just a tad bit overrated.

Game breaking defense in the paint, but many other facets of defense he is actually relatively subpar. BBQ chicken on perimeter, low IQ with positioning (translates to offense as well) , very subpar closeout angles and defensive angles in general, knowing your personnel etc. So certain matchups like Zion is always going to be one of his tougher ones and today Zion straight up BBQed him basically every single play that led to the Spurs having to switch him off of Z.

Therefore, one yes, Zion is very talented, and two, Wemby still has so much room to grow defensively. Right now he’s still kind of relying on his natural talent and instinct, still far off from a more complete defensive player like a peak AD or Bam.

Aggrokid

-1 | 8 hours ago

Queen is taking a lot of the Wemby and paint duties, letting Zion play like a wing.

DayMan-Ahah-ah | Celtics

5 | 7 hours ago

Zions always played the same role in New Orleans, he’s never been the primary defender protecting the paint or guarding the 5

Sslagathor | Pelicans

146 | 11 hours ago

Lost to the pelicans LMAO

CuriousWhoDat | NOP

60 | 11 hours ago

Herb is healthy. We simply don’t lose

Matzeeh | Spurs

15 | 10 hours ago

Didnt deserve to win that at all, gg

VeniceRapture | Spurs

142 | 11 hours ago

Short of ejecting everybody on the Pels, the refs could not have made this any easier for the Spurs

SASpursFan14 | Spurs

45 | 10 hours ago

They could’ve ejected Mitch Johnson and Steph Castle

NoShape0 | Spurs

17 | 10 hours ago

Mitch didn’t make the team miss 13 FTs and wide open 3s

SASpursFan14 | Spurs

23 | 10 hours ago

Mitch did sub in Steph Castle for crunch time when he was dogshit all game. Mitch did bench Harper and Carter Bryant who gave a huge energy burst in the 3rd. Mitch didn’t play French Vanilla who played insane defense early in the 4th.

NoShape0 | Spurs

3 | 10 hours ago

Yes. He should get criticized for what he can control, and so should the players.

Three players we would want on the court during crunch time: Wemby, Fox, and Keldon, had missed 9 freethows between them. In a 9 point loss

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

They’ve gotta rest at some point, but I also wanted French vanilla earlier. However I don’t think French vanilla was the catalyst for the comeback.z

grizzyx

1 | 10 hours ago

There’s always a mitch apologist rearing it’s head. He stumbled upon a lineup that worked and broke it up. He is an unqualified coach who is getting carried by a talented roster.

Castle deserves to get benched and have his ass served to him. It’ll do him good. He’s been the biggest negative in so many games and it’s not even close. But mitch doesn’t have the balls to actually coach.

NoShape0 | Spurs

6 | 10 hours ago

Oh so Mitch gets no credit for any of the wins but all the blame for the losses?

I swear, blaming the coach, especially a rookie one, is one of the easiest things an upset fan could do.

grizzyx

-1 | 8 hours ago

Who said no credit and all the blame? He’s not a rookie coach. He showed the same lack of awareness and inability to adjust last season. And he coached 65+ games. This whole “rookie” narrative needs to end.

He gets blame for what he deserves. He is dead fkin last in challenges used. Not won, simply used. He keeps Castle in to close games, even when he’s hurting the team. Champagnie gets benched when he catches fire. HB is still getting 20 mins a night when he’s been ass for over a month now. Sochan can’t get on the court despite being their best perimeter defender WHO DOESN’T FOUL. The Spurs lead the league in choking away double digit leads….

Do I really need to go on? He’s not ready to lead this team.

bigtice | Rockets

58 | 11 hours ago

Thought the Pelicans were destined to lose this game after the run the Spurs went on in the late 3rd/early 4th to erase the 20 point lead, but they locked in down the stretch and went on their own 13 point run to take the lead back and steal a win on the road.

BoneDollars | Spurs

18 | 10 hours ago

Spurs had to rush to get a lead in the 4th so that they could lose it, as is tradition.

NoShape0 | Spurs

5 | 10 hours ago

It felt like those 4 consecutive missed fts broke the team. They had no energy or hunger after that even though there was still 2 minutes left.

mufflefuffle | Hawks

54 | 11 hours ago

Missi jamming on Wemby to end it was nasty

xojz

9 | 10 hours ago

He’s reached a new level of offensive aggression this season.

Obvious_Parsley3238

57 | 11 hours ago

Zion did wemby like that bowling ball pin animation

DanFlashesC0up0n | Pelicans

53 | 11 hours ago

Lmao wut

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

39 | 11 hours ago

Turns out we’re better when Herb plays.

Barrelled_Chef_Curry | Warriors

20 | 10 hours ago

+21 on 9/3/2 is he just a psycho on defense?

Scollopy

16 | 10 hours ago

yes

Wooden-Whereas-8968

8 | 10 hours ago

Yes and always makes the extra pass no one else on the Pels is willing to do

Astrophysiques | Pelicans

7 | 10 hours ago

First team all defense for a reason

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

6 | 9 hours ago

Yes. He scored 0 in the game that put him on the map his rookie season.

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

42 | 11 hours ago

9 of our 12 wins have Herb involved in them

You want him, you better give up the Bane package

alpacamegafan

7 | 9 hours ago

Bane got that package because Magic were including the god awful KCP contract. I would take ³⁄₄ of those picks for Herb easily TBH.

BlueDWarrior | Pelicans

4 | 10 hours ago

Herb makes this team at least tolerable to watch. They can be such raw ass when he’s not out there or effective.

SadPels | Pelicans

30 | 11 hours ago

Fun game between the Pels and the refs tonight but the refs collapsed in the clutch

someroastedbeef

21 | 11 hours ago

make your fucking free throws jesus christ…

Hankerpants | Nuggets

10 | 10 hours ago

59% FT% is nasty work. Wemby better be in the gym putting up shots tonight.

poorwhitecash

23 | 11 hours ago

Shout out to the officials who tried to keep San Antonio in the game.

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

18 | 11 hours ago

Dog days of the NBA season. OKC losing to the Pacers @ home, Spurs losing to the Pels. Season is long, gotta bring it every night to win. Spurs were not very good tonight.

Edit: wrong team name

Thick_Duck | Thunder

8 | 10 hours ago

The bottom feeder teams are absolutely feasting this season on the top dogs. Probably more than I can remember.

wombatpup55

19 | 11 hours ago

My god bro there was no reason for castle to finish this game it should have been Harper and he was the main reason for that comeback.

Gg pelicans you guys were playing good

sorendiz | HOU

2 | 10 hours ago

Mitchell Ervin was the main reason for the comeback if we’re being real

Several_Hour_347

20 | 11 hours ago

7’6” center shooting 10 3s while clanking. What happened to the game I love?

AfroHouseManiac

11 | 10 hours ago

Mitch offense is basically what Boston runs. And this team lacks connectors. All their guards and wings are either slashers or standstill shooters. And they aren’t a good 3pt shooting team.

The_Guerrilla | Spurs

14 | 11 hours ago

Shout out to the Pelicans. They brought it tonight.

Still trying to figure out how we’re a top 10 in offensive rating.

jeanblaireau | Spurs

1 | 10 hours ago

We usually make a lot of free throws

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

13 | 11 hours ago

We stunk yikes

bmmfg12 | Knicks

14 | 11 hours ago

Saddiq Bey is climbing up the “he was actually a problem” rankings

DayMan-Ahah-ah | Celtics

2 | 7 hours ago

Yeah he’s been awesome this season, his scoring plus his ball handling & playmaking have been on another level.

ArjunBanerji27 | Nuggets

10 | 11 hours ago

I wasn’t watching this game. Can someone tell me why Wemby has 16 shot attempts with 10 of them being 3s?

mrbrownstone1482 | SAS

10 | 10 hours ago

Brother if you figure that out can we hire you to be a coach, maybe even the lead? 😅

Sqouki | Pelicans

6 | 11 hours ago

Probably fcking around cus it’s the Pels lol

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

10 | 11 hours ago

they should’ve kept castle benched tbh. that’s what really kickstarted the run to bring the game back for the spurs

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

5 | 10 hours ago

Harper didn’t have a great shooting night but the team had been much better with him out there

ClippersToSeattle

5 | 11 hours ago

Untradable for giannis btw

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

7 | 10 hours ago

the more i watch him play the more of a net negative he seems to be. a point guard who is a bad shooter from everywhere on the floor is not good. he’s great at drawing fouls, but he also isn’t a good free throw shooter

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

2 | 10 hours ago

I wouldnt go as far as negative lol but he’s still definitely flawed/raw. Needs the Kawhi shot development

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

3 | 10 hours ago

i just don’t see him having that miraculous of a development lol but if he can just become average from 3 and just a bit above average at the rim and free throw line that would help the rest of the team so much

yourhomeland

8 | 11 hours ago

wemby going 2 for 10 from 3 is a choice.

edit: 16 rebounds and 0 assists too. this guy needs a mentor.

unbannedagain1976 | Thunder

4 | 11 hours ago

If he gets to be any worse from 3 the Thunder might try to sign him

joe4553

1 | 10 hours ago

Hire Cp3

yourhomeland

2 | 10 hours ago

cp3 as wembys personal mentor would be monumental. wemby knows he can score from anywhere but he doesn’t seem to understand where he is most effective, and that’s important.

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

1 | 10 hours ago

He’s employed

SASpursFan14 | Spurs

1 | 10 hours ago

He shoots over 40% on catch and shoot 3s. They just were not falling tonight.

yourhomeland

-1 | 10 hours ago

yeah he needs a mentor. should he be taking catch and shoot 3s or should he be the engine?

SASpursFan14 | Spurs

3 | 10 hours ago

Should he be taking catch and shoot threes when he shoots them at 40%? Is this a serious question?

yourhomeland

0 | 10 hours ago

…yes it is? like if he takes them better in rhythm or he takes them better spot up is absolutely a question. also is he better at playmaking or should he allow someone else to direct where the ball goes. these are super important questions for an offense with multiple players that could be stars that all need to find their groove.

wemby could be a top 10 player but he needs to figure these things out.

Spiritual_Echo_1000 | Spurs

10 | 11 hours ago

Mitch Johnson decided to not go with the guys who brought us back in the game. Very Un-Pop move

ManagerEmergency6339 | Spurs

9 | 10 hours ago

zion cooked wemby all game, zion is so fast and strong.

sorendiz | HOU

7 | 11 hours ago

Pels won this 5v8

If they could just stay healthy for more than 1 week total across a season there’s enough talent on this team to be legitimately good

DMmeNiceTitties | Warriors

6 | 11 hours ago

Big W. Good for them, honestly.

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

5 | 10 hours ago

Maybe losing his shoe deal will get Zion fired up to be great

SkinfluteHero | Spurs

5 | 11 hours ago

That was so hard to watch, holy shit.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

3 | 11 hours ago

Zion is still a beast

maejor_ced | Pelicans

3 | 11 hours ago

Trash ass refs

mrbrownstone1482 | SAS

4 | 10 hours ago

Can a 3rd party fan who less biased than myself or other Spurs fans chime in. Is anyone else confused by Mitch Johnson’s refusal to adapt lineups to the current game?

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

3 | 11 hours ago

Impressive game from the Pels, everyone was putting in the work despite some egregious officiating in the second half.

myhellcatgotRepod | Hawks

3 | 11 hours ago

There’s a decent high play-in seed/low playoff spot Pelicans lineup in Saddiq/Zion/Trey/Herb/Missi surrounded by non-nba caliber players and two rookies you gotta play to develop even though they’re bad for now

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

3 | 11 hours ago

Is Zion Wemby’s kryptonite?

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

3 | 11 hours ago

It’s amazing what happens when Herb plays. But we can’t rely on every team being as shit at FTs as SAS this game.

Also, holy crap, what a dunk by Yves to put the team up 7. I swear, it’s like he’s downloading a young Giannis’s moveset. You can tell who watches the Pelicans and who doesn’t by whether or not they call Missi “a rim running big”. Rim-running bigs don’t take Wemby off the dribble into a dunk.

ASadChongyunMain | Spurs

3 | 10 hours ago

Mitch Johnson’s disaster class, what happened to my coach from the NBA cup??

CamPaine | Hawks

3 | 10 hours ago

Insane effort from the Pelicans to play 5 vs 8 on the field and still come out on top

LootyB | Spurs

2 | 11 hours ago

4 missed free throws. Back to back to back to back. God in heaven.

Razor-Ramon-Sessions | Pelicans

10 | 10 hours ago

Ball don’t lie

rhcpkam

2 | 11 hours ago

Yves Missi needs to be apart of the untouchables for the Pelicans, incredible game from him tonight. Even though DQ had great performances this season, he is still very much still a work in progress and should be moved to the bench with Yves as the starting center.

Razor-Ramon-Sessions | Pelicans

7 | 10 hours ago

6 untouchables on the 15th seed in the West?

NoShape0 | Spurs

2 | 11 hours ago

13 missed freethows in a 9 point loss… 😮‍💨

zpoex

2 | 10 hours ago

People do not understand how important Herb Jones is to this bum ass team

ruinawish | Australia

2 | 10 hours ago

Wrong W-L /u/xojz

Xsy | Jazz

2 | 7 hours ago

Spurs are collecting L’s against shit teams like Dragon Balls.

GalactusAteMyPlanet

1 | 11 hours ago

Pelicans seem like they are a team that should be on the rise next season. Should probably consider keeping Murphy III and Williamson. They are both young enough and should somewhat fit the Queen and Fear timeline. Might have to consider trading Jones since he is a bit on the older side.

BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy | Pelicans

4 | 11 hours ago

If we’re on the rise, Jones is very needed. But we aren’t in for much next season.

Matzeeh | Spurs

1 | 11 hours ago

Rough few games for Wemby, make your FTs

Traditional_Emu3598

1 | 11 hours ago

The Wemby in the top 4 takes were too early. It’ll happen. Not yet though.

Funny-Transition7869 | Pacers

1 | 10 hours ago

thank you pels

tuinktuink

1 | 10 hours ago

Man zion is generational talent, his agent shouldve protected him from all those women

DotAGenius | Lakers

1 | 9 hours ago

¹⁹⁄₃₂ FT% gotta be designed point shaving…

NRGhome | Nuggets

1 | 9 hours ago

Ty Pels bros

noname6500 | Nuggets

1 | 8 hours ago

oof. another stinker from Wemby offensively.

Nantee_69

1 | 8 hours ago

wish wemby plays like zion.. just dominate that paint bro..

inefekt | Australia

0 | 9 hours ago

remember Wemby’s first game, coming off of his shaolin monk retreat and dropping ⁴⁰⁄₁₅….that thread was full of kiddies saying he was about to average 40ppg for the season as if hanging out with a few dudes in orange robes gave him superpowers. Halfway through the season, what is he averaging? 24ppg.

mambamentality29

0 | 5 hours ago

Zion owns Wemby it’s actually wild

the-g-off | Toronto Huskies

-1 | 10 hours ago

Neither of these teams are going to beat or tie the 2016 Golden State Warriors record.

The New Orleans Pelicans (11-36) defeat the San Antonio Spurs (31-14), 104-95.