By: Andrew DaBella

11-03-2025

With an 0-6 start to the season the New Orleans Pelican’s are looking to bounce back early.

From Zion Williamson looking as healthy as we have seen since college, to the addition of rookie Jeremiah Fears, the hype and the expectations surrounding the team in the Big Easy was real this offseason.

With half of these losses have come from teams still riding championship and playoff high, the other half come from a 6 point or less loss.

Against high caliber teams the Pelicans are struggling to shoot an effective clip and hold their own on defense. However, on terms of teams on the same level or slightly higher, they are beginning to prove they may be able to hold their own.

While a clear identity still needs to be established before a conversation such as playoffs can begin to be brought up, the hope in New Orleans can still stay alive this season once this teams learns to operate as a functional unit and capitalize.

By: Andrew DaBella

In game 6 the Houston Rockets beat the Golden State Warriors at home 115 to 107.

Fred VanVleet led the charge with 40 minutes, 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Sengun combined for 37 minutes, 21 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists, contributing with a double double.

For the Warriors Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler saw 42 minutes each, only missing out on 6 minutes of game time and combining for 56 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists.

In the fourth quarter the warriors went 1 for 16 in shooting until Steph made a clutch 3 late in the fourth before the starters were subbed out amid garbage time, where the bench was able to close the gap to only an 8 point lead.

They will face off again on Sunday May 4th at 7:30pm at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The winner of this matchup will face off against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the NBA playoffs.

5/2/2025 11:14 p.m. Andrew DaBella

By: Andrew DaBella

On Wednesday, April 30th, the Los Angeles Lakers lost game 5 of their first round match in the playoffs to the Minnesota Timberwolves by a score of 103 to 96.

Having been down 3 games to 1 on April 27th, this was a must win game for the lakers to keep the series alive.

Going into this first round of playoffs many thought Lebron and the Lakers were bound to win in 5, but Anthony Edwards, star guard for the Wolves had a personal mission to send Lebron and his Lakers on vacation.

Averaging 26.8 points per game in this series Edwards was the driving factor in the win for this series.

When asked about being physical with Lebron, Edwards said “Imma be a pest to Lebron” and that he was.

With Lebron averaging 25.4 ppg and Luke with 30.2 ppg, they were still only able to secure one win in game 2 of the series.

With this series loss many fans are speculating whether an announcement is incoming on Lebron’s retirement.

This speculation is backed by the factor of his age, while he is still dominating at an all star level at the age of 40, he is currently facing an MCL sprain that he suffered in the game 5 loss.

With the win in this series the Wolves move on to the second round, where they will face the winner of the Houston Rockets led by their young leading scorer, Jalen Green, and the Golden State Warriors led by the all time three point leader Steph Curry.