Daily News | Pelicans, Zion Williams are ‘going to be a hard out’ in playoffs, Sixers coach Doc Rivers says
"I don’t know who’s gonna knock them out in the West, because they’re tough," Rivers said of the Pelicans, who entered Friday in a tie for first place in the competitive Western Conference.
New Orleans won, 119-118, to move to 22-12 and into a tie for first place in a competitive Western Conference entering Friday. They have made this sharp ascent as one of the NBA’s feel-good stories, despite standout forward Brandon Ingram missing more than a month with a bruised big toe.A viral marriage proposal at a Sixers game brought out the haters. The couple behind it isn’t feeding the trolls.
“They’re long, they’re athletic and they’re extremely well-coached,” Rivers said. “And what stands out to me the most is they are a team. They play together. They like each other. They play with the intensity that you have to play with to win a title. … Lack of execution has popped up at other points this season, most notably on Dec. 10 when the Sixers allowed the Los Angeles Lakers to erase a nine-point deficit with less than 35 seconds remaining in regulation before the
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