Apr 11, 2021 - New Orleans Pelicans at Cleveland Cavaliers

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
Mar 12, 2021	Cleveland	New Orleans	82 - 116	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 11, 2021	New Orleans	Cleveland	116 - 109	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

	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
Cleveland	53	48.5	39.0	86.3	.452	9.6	28.5	.337	16.4	22.2	.737	15.4	18.8	10.5	32.1	42.6	23.7	8.2	5.0	104.0
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
CLE Opponents	53	48.5	41.4	86.1	.480	12.3	32.1	.384	16.4	21.1	.776	15.3	20.0	10.1	33.9	43.9	24.5	8.5	5.9	111.4

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Mar 12, 2021	Cleveland	New Orleans	82 - 116	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 28, 2020	Cleveland	New Orleans	104 - 116	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 28, 2020	New Orleans	Cleveland	125 - 111	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 9, 2019	Cleveland	New Orleans	124 - 140	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 5, 2019	New Orleans	Cleveland	133 - 98	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 30, 2018	New Orleans	Cleveland	102 - 107	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Oct 28, 2017	Cleveland	New Orleans	101 - 123	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2017	Cleveland	New Orleans	122 - 124	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 2, 2017	New Orleans	Cleveland	82 - 90	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 6, 2016	New Orleans	Cleveland	84 - 99	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 4, 2015	Cleveland	New Orleans	108 - 114	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 12, 2014	Cleveland	New Orleans	114 - 119	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 10, 2014	New Orleans	Cleveland	111 - 118	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 28, 2014	New Orleans	Cleveland	100 - 89	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 22, 2013	Cleveland	New Orleans	100 - 104	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 31, 2013	Cleveland	New Orleans	92 - 112	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 20, 2013	New Orleans	Cleveland	100 - 105	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 22, 2012	New Orleans	Cleveland	89 - 84	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 6, 2011	New Orleans	Cleveland	96 - 81	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 19, 2010	Cleveland	New Orleans	101 - 108	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 24, 2010	Cleveland	New Orleans	105 - 92	Cleveland	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 23, 2010	New Orleans	Cleveland	95 - 105	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 16, 2009	New Orleans	Cleveland	78 - 92	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 1, 2008	Cleveland	New Orleans	92 - 104	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 26, 2008	New Orleans	Cleveland	100 - 99	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 29, 2007	Cleveland	New Orleans	76 - 86	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 27, 2007	New Orleans	Cleveland	89 - 97	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 11, 2006	Cleveland	New Orleans	89 - 95	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Apr 10, 2006	Cleveland	New Orleans	103 - 101	Cleveland	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nov 2, 2005	New Orleans	Cleveland	87 - 109	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 28, 2005	Cleveland	New Orleans	109 - 108	Cleveland	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 26, 2004	New Orleans	Cleveland	91 - 100	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 5, 2004	Cleveland	New Orleans	88 - 85	Cleveland	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 23, 2004	New Orleans	Cleveland	100 - 104	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 23, 2003	New Orleans	Cleveland	86 - 97	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 26, 2003	Cleveland	New Orleans	72 - 82	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 9, 2003	Cleveland	New Orleans	81 - 100	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 5, 2003	New Orleans	Cleveland	76 - 79	Cleveland	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 7, 2003	Cleveland	New Orleans	76 - 102	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 23, 2002	New Orleans	Cleveland	97 - 84	New Orleans	Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

	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	D. Garland	C. Sexton	I. Okoro	L. Nance, Jr.	J. Allen
Rotation	M. Dellavedova	D. Dotson	C. Osman	T. Prince	I. Hartenstein
Rotation		D. Windler		K. Love
Rotation		B. Thomas		D. Wade
Rotation				L. Stevens
Lim PT				M. Kabengele

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4/11/2021 Cleveland v. New Orleans Game Preview

Season Series - New Orleans won 2-0

2020-2021 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

2020-2021 Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

Cleveland Cavaliers Player Stats

New Orleans Pelicans Last 10 Games

Cleveland Cavaliers Last 10 Games

	New Orleans Pelicans	(24-29, 9-16 away)
	Cleveland Cavaliers	(19-34, 11-15 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
31	Jarrett Allen	C	32	29.4	5.2	8.3	.623	0.2	0.4	.417	3.3	4.8	.684	1.3	1.5	3.0	6.7	9.7	1.7	0.4	1.7	13.8
18	Matt Dellavedova	G	6	20.2	1.3	5.3	.250	0.3	2.3	.143	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.3	0.3	0.0	3.3
21	Damyean Dotson	SG	35	18.8	2.5	6.3	.394	0.9	3.3	.278	0.6	0.9	.688	0.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.0	2.1	0.4	0.1	6.5
10	Darius Garland	G	43	33.3	6.5	14.5	.448	1.9	4.6	.402	2.0	2.3	.851	3.0	2.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.9	1.2	0.1	16.9
25	Isaiah Hartenstein	PF	7	23.5	3.9	6.4	.600	0.3	0.7	.400	2.3	3.6	.640	1.3	3.6	2.0	6.9	8.9	3.4	0.4	1.6	10.3
27	Mfiondu Kabengele	SF	2	10.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	2.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	2.5
0	Kevin Love	FC	10	20.3	3.4	8.7	.391	2.2	5.9	.373	2.0	2.6	.769	1.5	1.2	0.6	4.8	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.2	11.0
22	Larry Nance, Jr.	SF	29	32.7	4.0	8.1	.487	1.2	3.3	.379	0.9	1.4	.634	1.5	2.1	1.7	5.3	7.1	3.1	1.8	0.6	10.1
35	Isaac Okoro	SG	48	31.8	3.1	7.1	.430	0.9	2.8	.316	1.3	1.8	.705	1.4	2.8	0.9	1.9	2.8	1.8	1.0	0.4	8.3
16	Cedi Osman	GF	48	24.3	3.5	9.7	.360	1.6	5.4	.300	1.1	1.5	.750	1.1	1.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	9.7
12	Taurean Prince	F	24	24.0	3.3	8.8	.376	1.5	3.9	.394	1.5	1.9	.822	1.1	1.9	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.5	0.6	0.6	9.7
2	Collin Sexton	PG	45	35.8	8.8	18.4	.480	1.6	4.4	.357	4.9	6.0	.822	2.6	2.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.1	24.1
8	Lamar Stevens	SF	37	13.1	1.6	3.6	.452	0.1	0.7	.160	0.9	1.3	.714	0.6	1.4	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	4.4
33	Brodric Thomas	G	13	10.3	0.9	3.2	.293	0.3	1.5	.200	1.0	1.2	.812	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.3	3.2
32	Dean Wade	PF	45	16.9	2.0	4.6	.439	1.1	3.0	.372	0.4	0.5	.762	0.4	1.1	0.5	2.6	3.0	1.1	0.5	0.4	5.5
9	Dylan Windler	SF	31	16.5	1.8	4.2	.438	0.8	2.5	.338	0.7	0.9	.778	1.0	1.2	0.6	2.8	3.5	1.1	0.6	0.4	5.2