Pelicans Host Grizzlies Tonight in NBA Cup Group Play, Looking to End a Four-Game Skid
The New Orleans Pelicans of Louisiana will host the Memphis Grizzlies tonight at the Smoothie King Center in a key NBA Cup West Group B game. Both teams have already lost in group play, and only the winner will keep its hopes of reaching the knockout rounds alive.
The Pelicans are in poor form and have lost four straight: on Monday they fell 87-138 to the Golden State Warriors, the worst regular-season defeat in franchise history, and on Wednesday they lost 111-145 to the Brooklyn Nets. Over their last three games the Pelicans have given up 422 points. Head coach Jamahl Mosley has publicly criticized the team's defensive execution, and star Zion Williamson has said his teammates are not putting in enough effort.
Eleven days ago, however, the Pelicans won the teams' first meeting this season, edging the Grizzlies 135-134 in overtime.
The Grizzlies opened the season with six straight wins but have lost four of their last five, falling 118-123 at home to the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, for a 7-4 record. Tip-off tonight is at 8 p.m. local time.
Source: Reuters
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Photo: 新奥尔良 Smoothie King Center 外景。Infrogmation 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Exterior of the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Photo by Infrogmation, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
