Apr 6, 2021 - New Orleans Pelicans at Atlanta Hawks

The Reshuffling Bulls, And Their Fans' Search For Coherence

Because Bulls fans have become so literate in losing, and are so removed from success, it is hard for them to see the seeds of something better.

Isaiah Thomas And The Struggle To Let Go

by Micah Wimmer

It does not appear likely that Isaiah Thomas will be a vital cog on a winning team again, but knowing something and accepting it are two different things. The awareness that all athletic glory is inherently fleeting does make its passing any easier to bear.

The NBA's Scoring Boom, Part 1

by Jack Tien-Dana

Offenses have rejiggered their attack to inflict maximum pain, allocating more possessions and touches to their best players. As recently as 2013, only 11 players averaged more than 20 points; today, 43 do.

Jrue Holiday's Mini Max Contract

by Christopher Reina

Considering what the Bucks gave up to trade for Jrue Holiday, their inability to replace him if he were to sign elsewhere, coupled with their championship or bust track, he had tremendous leverage to wait until free agency.

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Apr 2, 2021	Atlanta	New Orleans	126 - 103	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 6, 2021	New Orleans	Atlanta	107 - 123	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
New Orleans	54	48.3	42.4	88.0	.482	10.9	30.9	.353	18.9	25.8	.732	14.5	17.9	11.6	35.0	46.7	26.0	7.4	4.4	114.7
Atlanta	54	48.4	40.4	87.1	.464	12.6	34.0	.372	19.8	24.4	.813	13.4	19.6	10.7	34.6	45.3	24.3	6.9	4.9	113.4
NOP Opponents	54	48.3	41.7	88.3	.473	15.0	38.3	.390	16.5	20.8	.792	13.3	21.3	8.8	31.6	40.4	26.2	7.7	5.7	114.9
ATL Opponents	54	48.4	40.9	88.9	.461	11.9	34.2	.348	17.5	21.6	.810	12.7	20.0	10.3	32.5	42.8	24.2	7.5	5.2	111.3

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Apr 2, 2021	Atlanta	New Orleans	126 - 103	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 26, 2019	Atlanta	New Orleans	130 - 120	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 10, 2019	New Orleans	Atlanta	116 - 128	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Jan 17, 2018	New Orleans	Atlanta	93 - 94	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Nov 13, 2017	Atlanta	New Orleans	105 - 106	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 5, 2017	Atlanta	New Orleans	99 - 94	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 22, 2016	New Orleans	Atlanta	112 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Nov 11, 2015	New Orleans	Atlanta	98 - 106	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Nov 6, 2015	Atlanta	New Orleans	121 - 115	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2015	Atlanta	New Orleans	100 - 115	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 28, 2014	New Orleans	Atlanta	91 - 100	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Mar 21, 2014	New Orleans	Atlanta	111 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Feb 5, 2014	Atlanta	New Orleans	100 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 8, 2013	New Orleans	Atlanta	111 - 100	New Orleans	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Jan 1, 2013	Atlanta	New Orleans	95 - 86	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2012	Atlanta	New Orleans	94 - 72	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 21, 2011	New Orleans	Atlanta	100 - 59	New Orleans	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Dec 26, 2010	Atlanta	New Orleans	86 - 93	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 21, 2009	Atlanta	New Orleans	88 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 14, 2009	New Orleans	Atlanta	98 - 121	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Mar 9, 2009	New Orleans	Atlanta	79 - 89	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Nov 5, 2008	Atlanta	New Orleans	87 - 79	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 5, 2008	Atlanta	New Orleans	101 - 116	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 30, 2007	New Orleans	Atlanta	92 - 86	New Orleans	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Feb 28, 2007	Atlanta	New Orleans	100 - 107	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Jan 10, 2007	New Orleans	Atlanta	96 - 77	New Orleans	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Jan 7, 2006	New Orleans	Atlanta	93 - 101	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Nov 18, 2005	Atlanta	New Orleans	92 - 95	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Apr 5, 2005	New Orleans	Atlanta	96 - 86	New Orleans	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Nov 12, 2004	Atlanta	New Orleans	96 - 95	Atlanta	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 25, 2004	New Orleans	Atlanta	76 - 84	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Dec 26, 2003	Atlanta	New Orleans	79 - 109	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 3, 2003	New Orleans	Atlanta	80 - 90	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Oct 29, 2003	Atlanta	New Orleans	83 - 88	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 16, 2003	Atlanta	New Orleans	77 - 92	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 11, 2003	New Orleans	Atlanta	80 - 87	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena
Nov 27, 2002	Atlanta	New Orleans	94 - 106	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 16, 2002	New Orleans	Atlanta	82 - 89	Atlanta	Regular Season	State Farm Arena

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

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Young	K. Huerter	C. Reddish	J. Collins	C. Capela
Rotation	L. Williams	B. Bogdanovic	D. Hunter	D. Gallinari	O. Okongwu
Rotation	B. Goodwin		T. Snell	S. Hill
Lim PT	S. Mays	K. Dunn		N. Knight	B. Fernando

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4/6/2021 Atlanta v. New Orleans Game Preview

Season Series - Atlanta won 2-0

2020-2021 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

2020-2021 Atlanta Hawks Depth Chart

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

Atlanta Hawks Player Stats

New Orleans Pelicans Last 10 Games

Atlanta Hawks Last 10 Games

	New Orleans Pelicans	(22-28, 8-15 away)
	Atlanta Hawks	(27-24, 13-9 home)

#	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	50	27.9	3.3	5.4	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.4	.430	1.5	2.0	3.9	5.0	8.9	1.9	1.0	0.7	7.7
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	41	20.7	3.9	9.2	.418	1.6	4.6	.348	1.0	1.3	.750	1.4	1.9	0.2	2.8	3.1	2.0	1.0	0.5	10.2
2	Lonzo Ball	PG	41	31.7	5.2	12.3	.424	3.1	8.1	.384	0.9	1.2	.792	2.0	2.0	0.6	3.6	4.2	5.7	1.4	0.6	14.5
5	Eric Bledsoe	PG	53	30.2	4.2	10.2	.408	1.8	5.2	.352	1.8	2.5	.720	1.6	1.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.8	0.7	0.3	11.9
32	Wenyen Gabriel	PF	9	4.7	0.2	1.2	.182	0.1	0.6	.200	0.2	0.4	.500	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.8
3	Josh Hart	SG	47	28.7	3.2	7.3	.439	1.3	4.1	.326	1.5	1.9	.775	1.0	2.4	1.1	6.9	8.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	9.2
10	Jaxson Hayes	PF	42	14.8	2.5	3.8	.658	0.1	0.1	.500	1.2	1.6	.750	0.7	1.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	6.3
9	Willy Hernangomez	C	32	15.6	2.7	4.9	.544	0.0	0.2	.125	0.9	1.5	.604	0.5	1.0	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.9	0.3	0.5	6.3
14	Brandon Ingram	SF	49	34.4	8.5	18.0	.471	2.4	6.3	.383	4.6	5.3	.880	2.5	2.0	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.8	0.7	0.7	24.0
25	Wesley Iwundu	F	7	19.2	1.6	3.9	.407	0.3	1.7	.167	1.6	1.9	.846	1.4	1.9	0.6	2.9	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.1	5.0
16	James Johnson	F	8	27.9	3.8	8.6	.435	1.1	3.1	.360	1.5	2.2	.667	1.6	3.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	3.0	1.1	1.4	10.1
13	Kira Lewis, Jr.	PG	36	15.9	2.6	6.3	.420	0.8	2.1	.351	0.6	0.8	.767	0.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	6.7
25	Will Magnay	C	1	3.3	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
8	Naji Marshall	SF	14	14.5	1.1	3.2	.333	0.3	1.2	.235	1.5	2.1	.700	0.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.4	1.8	0.5	0.4	3.9
24	Isaiah Thomas	PG	3	16.1	3.0	9.0	.333	1.0	4.0	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	7.7
1	Zion Williamson	PF	49	32.9	10.3	16.6	.620	0.2	0.5	.360	6.1	8.7	.703	2.5	2.2	2.6	4.6	7.1	3.7	0.9	0.7	26.8

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
13	Bogdan Bogdanovic	SG	29	26.8	4.9	10.9	.449	2.6	6.4	.401	0.9	1.0	.900	1.1	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	2.9	0.8	0.3	13.3
15	Clint Capela	PF	47	30.0	6.6	11.0	.599	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.5	.591	1.3	2.3	4.7	9.4	14.1	0.9	0.7	2.2	15.3
20	John Collins	PF	47	30.3	7.1	13.0	.545	1.3	3.4	.380	2.7	3.3	.838	1.2	3.2	2.1	5.7	7.8	1.4	0.5	1.0	18.2
32	Kris Dunn	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	Bruno Fernando	C	26	6.8	0.5	1.1	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667	0.7	0.8	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.4
8	Danilo Gallinari	SF	39	24.0	4.0	9.5	.425	2.1	5.2	.407	3.2	3.4	.933	1.0	2.1	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.4	0.6	0.2	13.4
0	Brandon Goodwin	PG	35	11.6	1.6	4.3	.376	0.7	2.1	.333	0.5	0.7	.708	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.0	4.4
18	Solomon Hill	SF	53	20.0	1.5	4.2	.368	1.0	3.1	.325	0.4	0.5	.750	0.6	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.0	0.7	0.2	4.5
3	Kevin Huerter	SF	54	30.8	4.4	10.5	.422	2.0	5.6	.360	0.8	1.0	.827	1.2	2.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.5	1.1	0.2	11.7
12	De'Andre Hunter	PF	20	31.2	5.6	11.2	.502	1.6	4.3	.356	3.2	3.8	.867	1.4	2.6	0.8	4.3	5.1	2.1	0.9	0.5	16.0
1	Nathan Knight	PF	23	7.8	1.1	2.7	.397	0.2	0.8	.278	1.3	1.6	.806	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.3	3.7
4	Skylar Mays	PG	25	7.5	1.1	2.7	.403	0.4	1.1	.357	0.7	0.8	.857	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	3.3
17	Onyeka Okongwu	PF	32	10.7	1.6	2.6	.610	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.575	0.5	1.8	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	3.8
22	Cam Reddish	G	26	28.9	3.7	10.1	.365	1.3	4.8	.262	2.6	3.2	.817	1.3	2.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	11.2
19	Tony Snell	G	40	21.0	1.9	3.7	.517	1.4	2.5	.571	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.3	0.2	0.2	5.5
23	Lou Williams	G	7	23.9	5.0	11.4	.438	1.4	2.6	.556	1.1	1.4	.800	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.7	0.6	0.1	12.6
11	Trae Young	PG	50	34.3	7.8	17.8	.435	2.3	6.5	.361	7.6	8.7	.867	4.3	1.9	0.6	3.3	4.0	9.5	0.8	0.2	25.4