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Pelicans on Social: June 6 - June 11, 2021

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Photos: James Johnson Season in Review | 2020-2021 Pelicans

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Photos: Naji Marshall Season in Review | 2020-2021 Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS – The NBA announced Thursday that the Pelicans home game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, May 16, will tip off at 8 p.m. (CST).

The contest, the team's last of the 2020-21 season, will be televised on Bally Sports New Orleans and aired on ESPN 100.3 FM.

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NBA announces time for Pelicans home game vs. Lakers

1)      The New Orleans Pelicans (31-39) are off today following last night's loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The Pelicans travel to Golden State to face off against the Warriors on Friday, May 14, 2021, at 8:30 p.m CST. 

2)      Watch postgame interviews from Stan Van Gundy and Pelicans players after last night's game at Dallas.

3)      Read Jim Eichenhofer's Panzura postgame wrap breaking down last night's performance against the Dallas Mavericks. Pelicans guard Didi Louzada made his official NBA debut in the contest. 

4)      Check back to Pelicans.com later Thursday afternoon to see which Pelicans players are on the injury report ahead of Friday's road game against the Golden State Warriors.

5)     Listen in to Derek Harper, NBA Legend and Dallas Mavericks' analyst on the New Orleans Pelicans podcast presented by SeatGeek - May 12, 2021.

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Five things to know about the Pelicans on May 13, 2021

1)      The New Orleans Pelicans (31-38) are off today following last night's loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. The Pelicans travel to Dallas to face off against the Mavericks on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at 8 p.m CST. 

2)      Watch postgame interviews from Stan Van Gundy and Pelicans players after last night's game at Memphis.

3)      Read Jim Eichenhofer's Panzura postgame wrap breaking down last night's performance against the Memphis Grizzlies.

4)      Check back to Pelicans.com later Tuesday afternoon to see which Pelicans players are on the injury report ahead of Wednesday's road game against the Dallas Mavericks.

5)     Listen in to Eric Hasseltine, radio voice of the Memphis Grizzlies on the New Orleans Pelicans podcast presented by SeatGeek - May 10, 2021.

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Five things to know about the Pelicans on May 11, 2021

1)      The New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Golden State Warriors 108-103 on Tuesday to move within two games of San Antonio for the final play-in spot. Read Jim Eichenhofer's Panzura postgame wrap.

2)      Watch postgame interviews from Stan Van Gundy and Pelicans players after last night's win over Golden State.

3)     The team is off today and will practice Thursday at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center before traveling to Philadelphia for an interconference matchup with the 76ers Friday, May 7. 

4)     The Injury Report for Friday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers will be released Thursday afternoon.

5)     Listen to the Pelicans podcast featuring Anthony Slater, writer for 'The Athletic' covering the Golden State Warriors, presented by SeatGeek on May 4, 2021.

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Five things to know about the Pelicans on May 5, 2021

Pelicans vs. Warriors Postgame Quotes 5-3-21 | 2020-21 NBA

On Golden State scoring 29 points off of Pelican turnovers:

“The game was basically decided in the first quarter. After that, there were runs both ways. We did a good job in the third quarter getting back into it early, but then they made another run. We were just in too big of a hole. It was a frustrating night … disappointing night. We have to come back tomorrow. Our part of it is, as coaches, to give them a clearer plan. Players have to be locked in, and we’ve got to be better offensively taking care of the ball. Defensively, we just can’t give them everything. Stephen (Curry) gets 41 points and makes eight threes. The rest of the team goes 9-of-26 from three, which isn’t awful, but then we give them all kinds of layups because we’re trying to get out on Stephen (Curry). We talked about that before the game, but clearly we didn’t do a good job as coaches. We weren’t clear enough on our plan and gave up way too many layups trying to get out and take away his three. We’ve got to make some adjustments on that. That was a really poor game. We did a good job, and I thought our guys kept fighting in the second half. I give them credit for that, but we just didn’t play anywhere near well enough to beat that team.”

On the message to the team to bounce back tomorrow:

“We’ve been a resilient team, so the first thing is that it will take some resilience. You’ve got to come in ready to play. You’ve got to be locked in to whatever we’re going to do plan-wise, and we’ve got to play a more solid game. We’ll make some adjustments, but it’s not like we have two days of practice here. We’ve just got to be better. We’re usually good off the start, but our last two losses were terrible first quarters where we weren’t ready to play. I have to look at how much of that was us and if we weren’t clear enough with our plan. If guys were confused, it’s hard to play well. We have to make some corrections and get back at it.”

"We didn't start off with the right intensity, but, I mean, that can happen in NBA games. I think our problem was we saw what was going on in the first quarter and we kind of let that dictate the rest of the game when we should have just said, 'Alright, that's over with. Let's start new in the second quarter.'"

On having this result with the importance of this game:

"I mean, it's all in the game. We're in that lucky situation where we get to play them tomorrow, so we don't have to wait a couple games or wait till we see them next. We play them right here again tomorrow, so I think it's going to show what kind of character we have as a team, what we do tomorrow."

On how he assesses his offensive game tonight:

"I think I just missed shots. I'll shoot the same shots tomorrow. Hopefully, it's a better result."

On what he thinks the team needs to do tomorrow to get Brandon Ingram more involved on offense:

"Better movement, probably more handoffs getting him the ball. They were denying a lot of his catches tonight, so just finding better ways to get him the ball."

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