Joe Dumars Head of Basketball Operations New Orleans Pelicans We start losing the same way over and over again That's not improvement We have to establish that we are going to play hard every night It was that judgement more than identity the offense the defense the WL record

With 531 left in the third the Jazz lead the Pelicans 86-65 New Orleans yet to mount a serious challenge tonight

If the playoffs started today zero of the four California teams would be in the playoffs not even making the play-in tournament

1977 Pete Maravich dropped 68 points against 7x all-defense Walt Frazier and the New York Knicks the most ever points in a game by a guard at the time Running out of ways to defend him Frazier tried slapping him in the ass

Kevin Durant yells angrily at Ben Simmons for standing around on defense