Pelicans vs. Clippers Pregame Report 1/5/2024

Pelicans vs. Clippers Pregame Report 1/5/2024

The Pelicans are looking for their fifth straight Victory as they host the LA Clippers tonight 7 o’ in the Smoothie Kings Center welcome into our Pelicans pregame report presented by iata I’m Aon Summers over the last four victories the Pelicans are averaging 117 1 12 points shooting 52% from the field and hitting

Nearly 14 threes a game defensively since December 11th they’re rated second in the NBA if you have guys that actually care about getting stopped you will you know we’re all good enough athletes we’re all big enough fast enough strong enough intelligent enough but you know we just have guys that care

Right now and and uh you know nii Jose herb Dyson you know our point of our point of attack Defenders make it easy on the rest of us so um they’re going to keep doing what they do and and uh the rest of us will just keep feeding off

Their energy the Clippers comeing out on four game win streak of their own they’re rated top 10 in nearly every offensive category Kawhi Leonard and Paul George lead the way with a combined 50 points a night it’s all about quality of looks you know Paul Paul Paul George

Is going to shoot threes James going to shoot threes it all it all just depends on the kind of looks we force them to take is there a hand up is there a hand down you know who’s the closest Defender um you know did they have to make

Dribble moves or step back before it you know they’re these guys are really good they’re going to get their threes up but we just have to make their looks difficult this will definitely be a battle at the perimeter the Clippers are third in the league in three-point percentage while the pels they’re fourth

In three-point defense the Pelicans right now are sixth in the western conference with the Clippers fourth it’s a big test for the pels against a top tier team in the Western Conference it all goes down 7:00 tonight at the Smoothie Kings Center you can watch it

On Valley Sports New Orleans or tune in W995

New Orleans Pelicans vs. LA Clippers game breakdown from team reporter Erin Summers for their game on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. CT on the Pelicans Pregame Report presented by Ibotta.
#NBA #Pelicans #NewOrleansPelicans
Latest NBA News & Pelicans News @ https://www.pelicans.com

New Orleans Pelicans Roster
———————————————–
Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
Kira Lewis Jr. #13 Guard
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

Subscribe to the New Orleans Pelicans YT Channel: https://bit.ly/PelicansSubscribe
Add the Pelicans Schedule to your Calendar: https://calendar.pelicans.com/
Latest Pelicans News and Updates: https://www.nba.com/pelicans
Latest NBA News and Updates: https://www.nba.com/
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PelicansNBA/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pelicansnba/
Find us on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/pelicansnba
Get the App: http://apps.yinzcam.com/nba/nop