Crescent City Chronicles

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Dec 23, 2023: Regular Season Game 30
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans | Smoothie King Center
Rockets Spoil McCollum's 40 Point Showing, Beat Pels, 116-108
Jalen Green scored 30 points and the Houston Rockets beat a shorthanded Pelicans team who got a stellar performance from CJ McCollum, who hit 8-of-12 three pointers en route to a 40-point game that proved to be all for naught.

(11-16) (17-13)
HOU | 30 | 26 | 29 | 31 || 116
NOP | 27 | 25 | 26 | 30 || 108

Starting Lineups
Fred VanVleet - PG - CJ McCollum
Jalen Green - SG - Herbert Jones
Dillon Brooks - SF - Naji Marshall
Jabari Smith Jr. - PF - Zion Williamson
Alperen Sengun - C - Jonas Valanciunas


Pelicans Highlight: CJ pulls up for one of his eight three-pointers, on his way to 40 points!



TEAM STATS: FG - 50% | 3P - 15/40 (38%) | FT - 13/15 (87%) | TO - 5
G Jalen Green: 30 Pts, 3 Reb, 12-23 FG, 6-13 3PT, 0-1 FT
G Fred VanVleet: 20 Pts, 4 Ast, 2 Stl, 7-19 FG, 3-11 3PT, 3-3 FT
C Alperen Sengun: 17 Pts, 13 Reb, 3 Stl, 8-11 FG, 0-1 3PT, 1-1 FT
F Kelly Oubre Jr.: 16 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Stl, 5-8 FG, 2-3 3PT, 4-4 FT



TEAM STATS: FG - 54% | 3P - 14/33 (42%) | FT - 16/22 (73%) | TO - 17
G CJ McCollum: 40 Pts, 6 Ast, 14-22 FG, 8-12 3PT, 4-4 FT
F Zion Williamson: 21 Pts, 10 Reb, 4 Ast, 10-14 FG, 1-4 FT
F EJ Liddell: 12 Pts, 2 Ast, 4-11 FG, 3-9 3PT, 1-1 FT
G Jordan Hawkins: 9 Pts, 1 Stl, 2-4 FG, 0-2 3PT, 5-6 FT
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F Brandon Ingram: DNP (Hip - Doubtful)
F Trey Murphy III: DNP (Knee - Questionable)

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Schedule & Results
12/26 at MEM, W 116-104
12/28 at UTA, L 115-119
12/31 at LAL, W 94-88
1/2 BKN, W 137-130
1/3 at MIN, W 102-101
1/5 at LAC, W 130-112
1/7 SAC, L 105-128


Season Record
(22-15, 5th West)

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New Orleans Pelicans Team Update
Green: Young Guys Have Filled In Nicely; Ingram, Murphy Set To Return



"Our young guys have filled in nicely in Brandon [Ingram] and Trey's [Murphy] absence," said Pelicans head coach Willie Green. "I'm proud of them. And they showed me something."

He was referring to the group of second-year wing Dyson Daniels, rookie guard Jordan Hawkins, and rookie forward EJ Liddell when he made those statements.

"We're looking forward to getting our guys healthy and back into the rotation, but these young fellas are definitely going to keep making key contributions for us," said Green.

EJ Liddell Season Stats: 8.3 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 40.5% 3P
Dyson Daniels Season Stats: 5.2 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 46.1% FG
Jordan Hawkins Season Stats: 4.9 Pts, 42.9% 3P, 90.0% FT

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In related news, both Brandon Ingram and Trey Murphy III have both been cleared by doctors. Expect to see both of them in full health when the Pelicans take on the Golden State Warriors – who sit in first place in the West at 26-10 – at the Chase Center on January 10th.

[The JZA]

Who do you like out of the bunch?

[Agent]

Cj got the team on his back

[mvp]

Who do you like out of the bunch?

prolly ej liddell just for the pick and pop.. hes also shown some good prowess on defense at times. but dyson daniels can create his own shot and has popped for double digits a bunch. all three are really fun tbh.

Cj got the team on his back

bro went for 40! made it look easy

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[kibaxx7]

Nice to have both BI and Trey back. You'll need them
 

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Nice to have both BI and Trey back. You'll need them

yeah we def need them, although it was nice to see who else we have. i learned a bunch about some of our bench guys and now we dont miss too much of a beat when the starters are out

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[mvp]

gonna post this warriors game and then we got phoenix after that!