New Orleans Iron Men CJ McCollum and Jonas Valanciunas
The Pelicans are also coming to a turning point in their season. After conceding four losses in their last five games, Willie Green’s troops continue their “road trip” to Washington on Monday, where the Louisiana franchise has not won since January 2011! At that time, Willie Green participated in the match…
The context is far from obvious, especially since Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram are still on the sidelines, and CJ McCollum is back from a game break.
CJ McCollum regenerated
The meeting got off to a pretty bad start, with a 10-0 start for Washington in the first two minutes of play. in the Pelicans to completely reject the fate of the capital (112-132).
“I really need”he said after the meeting. “Normally I don’t ask for time off, and I’m trying to get through it. But I can see from the way I move, from the way I feel, it seems like I have to recover. I just had to do a full workout, let the younger guys play and maybe even be fresher. Sometimes, in fatigue, bad things can happen. I was just trying to be smart. I’m 31, I’ve been playing for a long time, and I know my body.
Imperial Jonas Valanciunas
beside him, Jonas Valanciunas No effort was made against Daniel Gafford and Kristaps Porzingis. For his 40th game of the season, the Lithuanian pivot was again important with 27 points on 10/15 shooting and 12 rebounds in just 28 minutes.
Despite the ups and downs, New Orleans continues to hang on, and maybe it’s more than a 25th victory played last night. With still an important “role player” behind the unbreakable McCollum-Valanciunas axis for now (35 and 40 games played out of 41).
“We have to be brave”added Jonas Valanciunas. “It’s a difficult moment in the season. We’re missing guys, we know it’s coming. Injuries, even if you don’t wish them on anyone, happen all the time. You have to know how to manage them and be ready when you are called”.
While the Pelicans still need to play five of their next six away games, Willie Green hopes these guys can keep the same momentum going forward.
“Most of the time when you come to the East, you have a number of fights in a row. I’m just saying it’s a false excuse, having to face a team that wants to defend their ground and play well up front of its fans. Again, you have to do a very good job, show a high level game plan and be disciplined for these types of games.he recalled.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | p.d | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Zion Williamson | 29 | 33.0 | 60.8 | 36.8 | 71.4 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 26.0 |
| Brandon Ingram | 15 | 32.1 | 47.2 | 46.7 | 86.8 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 20.8 |
| Cj McCollum | 35 | 35.3 | 42.4 | 39.8 | 79.8 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 20.4 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 40 | 24.8 | 51.9 | 34.2 | 84.2 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 13.8 |
| Trey Murphy III | 37 | 28.5 | 47.8 | 41.4 | 92.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 12.5 |
| Herb Jones | 28 | 28.6 | 42.5 | 29.6 | 77.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 10.1 |
| Naji Marshall | 38 | 23.9 | 43.8 | 33.6 | 79.6 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 9.8 |
| Jose Alvarado | 39 | 20.9 | 41.5 | 33.3 | 76.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 9.2 |
| Larry Nance, Jr. | 30 | 22.7 | 62.6 | 38.5 | 72.7 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 8.3 |
| Kira Lewis, Jr. | 3 | 11.8 | 47.1 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.7 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 21 | 11.8 | 51.6 | 16.7 | 79.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 6.9 |
| Devonte Graham | 40 | 14.9 | 34.9 | 32.6 | 77.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Jackson Hayes | 20 | 13.1 | 50.8 | 17.6 | 68.6 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| Dyson Daniels | 31 | 18.6 | 43.5 | 36.2 | 60.0 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| Garrett Temple | 13 | 8.2 | 41.4 | 38.9 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| Dereon Seabron | 2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
