Pelicans, All-Defense Candidates, Suns, and Why Scoring is Down
Description
Zach and ESPN's Andrew Lopez discuss the red-hot Pelicans, Zion's play, Brandon Ingram's unheralded season, and how the Pelicans stack up against each of the West's elite. Then ESPN's Kevin Pelton joins to pick All-Defensive teams, talk Heat, Suns, Magic and Jamahl Mosley's extension, the recent decline in scoring and free throws, Victor Wembanyama, and much more.
Pels are a mystery box and a sleeping giant (6:26 )
Zion's improved defense and rebounding (10:57 )
Herb Jones has a case for All-Defense and Most Improved (13:28 )
The Pelicans' shooting luck defensively (20:13 )
Not enough talk about Brandon Ingram (27:08 )
How the Pels match up against other Western Conference playoff teams (33:30 )
Pelton (40:15 )
Middle of the East (57:46 )
2nd tier All-Defense guys (1:02:47 )
Thunder in line for the top seed in the West (1:09:14 )
Wembanyama's All-Defense case (1:15:27 )
Scoring is down since the All-Star break (1:30:20 )
Temperature check on the Suns (1:39:46 )
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