New Orleans Iron Men CJ McCollum and Jonas Valanciunas
Pelicans are also coming to a turning point in their season. After conceding four losses in their last five games, Willie Green’s troops continued 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 wasn’t clear, especially since Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram were still out and CJ McCollum he was returning from a recreational game.
CJ McCollum recovered
The game started badly, with Washington going 10-0 in the first two minutes of the game.
“I really needed it”he said after the meeting. “I usually don’t want a rest period and I try to get through it. But I could see it in the way I acted, in the way I felt, I felt that I needed to recover. I just had to get a full workout, let the younger guys play and also be fresher. Sometimes bad things can happen with fatigue. I was just trying to be smart. I am 31 years old, I have been playing for a long time and I know my body.
Emperor Jonas Valanciunas
beside him, Jonas Valanciunas He spared no effort against Daniel Gafford and Kristaps Porzingis. For his 40th game of the season, the Lithuanian pivot was valuable again with 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting and 12 rebounds in just 28 minutes.
Despite the ups and downs, New Orleans continues to hang on, and perhaps more so than last night’s 25th win. With still important “role players” behind the unbreakable McCollum-Valanciunas axis (35 and 40 games in 41 games).
“We have to be tough”Jonas Valanciunas added. “It is a difficult moment of the season. We miss you guys, we knew it was coming. Injuries happen all the time, even if you don’t wish them on anyone. You have to know how to handle them and be ready when called upon.”
While the Pelicans still have to play five of their next six road games, Willie Green hopes these men can keep up the momentum going forward.
“A lot of times when you come to the East, you have a few road games in a row. I’m just saying that’s a false excuse to have against a team that wants to protect their home turf and play well in front of their fans. Again, you have to do a very good job, come up with a high-level game plan and be disciplined in these kinds of games.”he remembered.
| Shots | It bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Turn 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 |
