January 19th - New Orleans Pelicans vs Phoenix Suns - 25-17
Hoopin' on the city edition court tonight! 👀
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) January 19, 2024
Watch on @FOX8NOLA 📺
🏀: vs Suns
🕖: 7:00 pm CT
📻: @995WRNO #Pelicans | @SmoothieKing pic.twitter.com/eg0uJ5GrJ8
Pelicans bringing out the Skelican court to play the Suns.
Suns have had a rough year so far with injuries to major players - something we definitely understand - but are still 22-18 overall with an 7-3 record over their last 10: they're in a good patch.
Still, they're not a perfect team. They suffer from being top heavy so that leaves an obvious pathway to attacking bench minutes. Secondly, as a team that generates a lot of stocks, the turnover prone Suns are a good opportunity to maximise that pickpocketing. They also don't take many 3s (27th in the NBA) so outshooting them in volume from behind the arc is possible, and they're a below average rebounding team (19th) so there's another avenue of attack.
This will be a tough game but it's also a winnable one if the team plays up to their potential. The Pelicans have been an all-league team for the last 5 weeks, and this is an opportunity for yet another statement win.
Let's see if they can pull that off.