Feb 27, 2021 - New Orleans Pelicans at San Antonio Spurs

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by Colin McGowan

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2/27/2021 San Antonio v. New Orleans Game Preview

	New Orleans Pelicans	(14-17, 5-10 away)
	San Antonio Spurs	(16-12, 7-8 home)

February 27, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

AT&T Center
San Antonio, Texas

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Season Series - New Orleans leads 1-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 27, 2020	San Antonio	New Orleans	95 - 98	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 25, 2021	San Antonio	New Orleans	0 - 0	-	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 27, 2021	New Orleans	San Antonio	-	-	Regular Season	AT&T Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
New Orleans	31	48.3	42.5	87.9	.483	11.8	32.3	.366	18.4	25.3	.728	14.3	17.5	11.6	34.5	46.1	25.1	7.6	4.0	115.2
San Antonio	28	48.2	41.6	91.7	.454	10.7	29.9	.358	16.8	21.2	.790	11.2	17.0	9.2	35.9	45.1	25.0	7.2	5.0	110.7
NOP Opponents	31	48.3	41.6	88.0	.473	16.0	40.7	.393	16.0	20.1	.795	13.6	21.2	8.8	31.8	40.6	28.1	7.2	5.4	115.2
SAN Opponents	28	48.2	42.1	89.9	.468	13.0	33.6	.387	13.9	19.0	.733	14.0	18.8	9.5	38.6	48.1	24.6	6.2	5.9	111.1

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 25, 2021	San Antonio	New Orleans	0 - 0	-	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 27, 2020	San Antonio	New Orleans	95 - 98	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Aug 9, 2020	San Antonio	New Orleans	122 - 113	San Antonio	Regular Season	HP Field House
Jan 22, 2020	San Antonio	New Orleans	121 - 117	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2019	New Orleans	San Antonio	108 - 113	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 26, 2019	San Antonio	New Orleans	126 - 114	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 19, 2018	San Antonio	New Orleans	126 - 140	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 3, 2018	New Orleans	San Antonio	95 - 109	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Apr 11, 2018	San Antonio	New Orleans	98 - 122	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 15, 2018	New Orleans	San Antonio	93 - 98	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Feb 28, 2018	New Orleans	San Antonio	121 - 116	New Orleans	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Nov 22, 2017	San Antonio	New Orleans	90 - 107	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 3, 2017	San Antonio	New Orleans	101 - 98	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 27, 2017	San Antonio	New Orleans	103 - 119	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 18, 2016	New Orleans	San Antonio	100 - 113	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Oct 29, 2016	New Orleans	San Antonio	79 - 98	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Mar 30, 2016	New Orleans	San Antonio	92 - 100	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Mar 3, 2016	San Antonio	New Orleans	94 - 86	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 3, 2016	New Orleans	San Antonio	97 - 110	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Nov 20, 2015	San Antonio	New Orleans	90 - 104	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 15, 2015	San Antonio	New Orleans	103 - 108	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 31, 2014	New Orleans	San Antonio	93 - 95	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Dec 26, 2014	San Antonio	New Orleans	90 - 97	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 8, 2014	New Orleans	San Antonio	100 - 99	New Orleans	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Mar 29, 2014	New Orleans	San Antonio	80 - 96	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Feb 3, 2014	San Antonio	New Orleans	102 - 95	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 13, 2014	San Antonio	New Orleans	101 - 95	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 25, 2013	New Orleans	San Antonio	93 - 112	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 23, 2013	New Orleans	San Antonio	102 - 106	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 7, 2013	San Antonio	New Orleans	88 - 95	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 21, 2012	New Orleans	San Antonio	94 - 99	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Oct 31, 2012	San Antonio	New Orleans	99 - 95	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 6, 2012	New Orleans	San Antonio	103 - 128	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Mar 24, 2012	San Antonio	New Orleans	89 - 86	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2012	New Orleans	San Antonio	81 - 93	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 23, 2012	San Antonio	New Orleans	104 - 102	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 22, 2011	San Antonio	New Orleans	72 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 5, 2010	New Orleans	San Antonio	84 - 109	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Nov 28, 2010	San Antonio	New Orleans	109 - 95	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Oct 30, 2010	New Orleans	San Antonio	99 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Mar 5, 2010	New Orleans	San Antonio	91 - 102	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Mar 1, 2010	San Antonio	New Orleans	106 - 92	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 18, 2010	San Antonio	New Orleans	97 - 90	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Oct 28, 2009	New Orleans	San Antonio	96 - 113	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Apr 15, 2009	New Orleans	San Antonio	98 - 105	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Mar 29, 2009	San Antonio	New Orleans	86 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 31, 2009	New Orleans	San Antonio	93 - 106	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Dec 17, 2008	San Antonio	New Orleans	83 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
May 19, 2008	San Antonio	New Orleans	91 - 82	San Antonio	Playoffs	Smoothie King Center
May 15, 2008	New Orleans	San Antonio	80 - 99	San Antonio	Playoffs	AT&T Center
May 13, 2008	San Antonio	New Orleans	79 - 101	New Orleans	Playoffs	Smoothie King Center
May 11, 2008	New Orleans	San Antonio	80 - 100	San Antonio	Playoffs	AT&T Center
May 8, 2008	New Orleans	San Antonio	99 - 110	San Antonio	Playoffs	AT&T Center
May 5, 2008	San Antonio	New Orleans	84 - 102	New Orleans	Playoffs	Smoothie King Center
May 3, 2008	San Antonio	New Orleans	82 - 101	New Orleans	Playoffs	Smoothie King Center
Mar 12, 2008	San Antonio	New Orleans	75 - 100	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 23, 2008	New Orleans	San Antonio	89 - 98	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 26, 2008	New Orleans	San Antonio	102 - 78	New Orleans	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Nov 9, 2007	San Antonio	New Orleans	97 - 85	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 28, 2007	New Orleans	San Antonio	88 - 92	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 19, 2007	New Orleans	San Antonio	86 - 99	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Dec 23, 2006	San Antonio	New Orleans	112 - 77	San Antonio	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 14, 2006	San Antonio	New Orleans	103 - 77	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 14, 2006	New Orleans	San Antonio	81 - 96	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 25, 2006	San Antonio	New Orleans	84 - 68	San Antonio	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 29, 2005	New Orleans	San Antonio	84 - 111	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Dec 18, 2005	San Antonio	New Orleans	76 - 89	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Mar 14, 2005	New Orleans	San Antonio	89 - 112	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Feb 16, 2005	San Antonio	New Orleans	101 - 78	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2005	New Orleans	San Antonio	83 - 93	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Dec 17, 2004	San Antonio	New Orleans	83 - 67	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 24, 2004	New Orleans	San Antonio	98 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	AT&T Center
Jan 9, 2004	San Antonio	New Orleans	94 - 84	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 30, 2003	San Antonio	New Orleans	92 - 90	San Antonio	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2002	New Orleans	San Antonio	94 - 99	San Antonio	Regular Season	AT&T Center

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	L. Ball	E. Bledsoe	B. Ingram	Z. Williamson	S. Adams
Rotation	K. Lewis, Jr.	J. Redick	J. Hart	N. Melli	W. Hernangomez
Rotation		N. Alexander-Walker			J. Hayes
Lim PT			S. Thornwell	W. Gabriel	W. Magnay
Lim PT			N. Marshall

2020-2021 San Antonio Spurs Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Murray	L. Walker	K. Johnson	D. DeRozan	L. Aldridge
Rotation	P. Mills	D. White		R. Gay	J. Poeltl
Rotation		D. Vassell		T. Lyles	D. Eubanks
Lim PT	T. Jones	Q. Weatherspoon	K. Bates-Diop		L. Samanic

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
12	Steven Adams	C	28	28.2	3.6	5.9	.616	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.3	.453	1.7	1.9	4.4	4.7	9.1	2.2	1.0	0.6	8.2
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	26	17.5	3.1	7.5	.410	1.0	3.4	.281	1.0	1.3	.788	1.2	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.3	8.1
2	Lonzo Ball	PG	28	31.5	5.1	12.0	.429	3.0	7.6	.392	1.0	1.3	.757	2.1	2.4	0.6	3.7	4.3	5.1	1.4	0.5	14.2
5	Eric Bledsoe	PG	30	28.8	4.6	10.3	.442	2.0	5.1	.392	1.3	2.1	.619	1.7	1.4	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.5	0.7	0.3	12.4
32	Wenyen Gabriel	PF	4	3.1	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	Josh Hart	SG	31	28.4	3.2	7.0	.459	1.5	4.1	.354	1.3	1.7	.722	0.8	2.2	1.0	6.5	7.4	2.0	0.8	0.3	9.2
10	Jaxson Hayes	PF	23	12.1	1.7	2.5	.655	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.679	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	4.1
9	Willy Hernangomez	C	16	17.8	2.8	5.5	.511	0.1	0.3	.200	1.1	1.9	.600	0.6	1.2	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.1	0.4	0.6	6.8
14	Brandon Ingram	SF	31	35.0	8.4	17.8	.470	2.5	6.4	.397	4.8	5.4	.881	2.4	1.8	0.6	4.7	5.3	4.8	0.7	0.8	24.0
13	Kira Lewis, Jr.	PG	20	12.8	1.9	5.0	.374	0.6	1.8	.343	0.7	1.0	.650	0.5	1.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	5.0
25	Will Magnay	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Naji Marshall	SF	3	2.8	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
20	Nicolo Melli	PF	15	10.5	0.6	2.3	.257	0.5	1.9	.241	0.3	0.3	.800	0.4	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.9
4	J.J. Redick	G	28	17.9	2.5	6.5	.379	1.6	4.5	.362	1.4	1.4	.950	0.8	1.3	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	7.9
15	Sindarius Thornwell	SG	11	4.8	0.5	1.2	.462	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.0	1.4
1	Zion Williamson	PF	30	32.7	9.7	15.7	.620	0.2	0.6	.353	5.6	7.9	.710	2.3	2.4	2.4	4.4	6.8	3.2	0.9	0.7	25.3

San Antonio Spurs Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
12	LaMarcus Aldridge	FC	19	26.6	5.8	12.4	.468	1.4	3.7	.371	1.0	1.3	.760	0.9	1.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	1.9	0.4	0.9	13.9
31	Keita Bates-Diop	SF	9	5.2	0.3	1.6	.214	0.1	0.7	.167	0.8	0.9	.875	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.0	1.6
10	DeMar DeRozan	GF	25	33.4	6.6	13.4	.488	0.6	1.9	.333	6.0	6.8	.893	1.6	1.8	0.8	4.2	5.0	6.9	0.8	0.3	19.8
14	Drew Eubanks	C	12	12.3	1.4	3.4	.415	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.750	0.5	1.2	0.6	2.7	3.2	0.4	0.1	1.2	3.8
22	Rudy Gay	SF	26	22.0	4.2	9.9	.419	1.6	4.3	.366	1.3	1.7	.767	1.2	1.8	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.5	0.7	0.5	11.2
3	Keldon Johnson	SF	27	30.1	5.3	11.4	.468	1.0	3.0	.325	2.9	3.7	.778	1.5	2.3	1.7	5.2	7.0	2.3	0.8	0.5	14.5
33	Tre Jones	PG	10	3.9	0.8	1.4	.571	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	2.2
41	Trey Lyles	SF	15	12.7	1.4	2.9	.488	0.3	1.2	.278	0.7	1.1	.588	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.7	3.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	3.8
8	Patty Mills	G	28	25.5	4.8	10.5	.451	2.6	6.5	.399	1.2	1.2	.943	1.0	1.4	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.7	0.7	0.0	13.3
5	Dejounte Murray	SG	28	30.5	6.4	14.1	.454	1.0	3.2	.311	1.8	2.2	.806	1.6	2.2	0.6	6.6	7.2	5.1	1.6	0.1	15.6
25	Jakob Poeltl	C	28	22.7	3.0	4.9	.601	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.5	.317	1.1	2.0	3.0	4.1	7.1	1.8	0.6	1.5	6.4
19	Luka Samanic	PF	5	5.9	0.8	1.8	.444	0.4	0.8	.500	0.2	0.4	.500	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2
24	Devin Vassell	SG	26	17.3	1.9	4.8	.397	1.0	2.4	.397	0.7	0.8	.857	0.5	1.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.1	1.1	0.3	5.5
1	Lonnie Walker	SG	26	26.9	4.1	10.2	.400	1.6	4.5	.350	1.1	1.3	.800	1.1	2.2	0.2	2.8	3.0	1.7	0.5	0.3	10.8
15	Quinndary Weatherspoon	SG	5	4.8	0.2	1.0	.200	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.2	1.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.8
4	Derrick White	G	8	23.6	4.2	10.8	.395	1.9	5.5	.341	1.4	1.9	.733	0.9	2.2	0.1	1.6	1.8	3.9	1.0	1.0	11.8

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