The Pelicans are aware that evening their current first-round playoff matchup against the top-seeded Suns will require them to keep their cool, writes Christian Clark of NOLA.com.
In the middle of Game 3โs second quarter, Pelicans big man Jaxson Hayes was ejected from the contest, an eventual Suns win, after aggressively pushing Phoenix forward Jae Crowder. New Orleans would go on to lose at home by a narrow margin (114-111). The Suns now have a 2-1 series edge.
Pelicans head coach Willie Greenย acknowledged that Hayes let his emotions get the best of him in that instance, but that the team overall has been effective at managing its emotions in a playoff environment.
โI thought weโve done a really good job of that this series,โ Green said of the Pelicansโ approach to their emotions. โWe had a moment โ the Jaxson-Jae Crowder thing. But other than that, it was aย close game coming down the stretch, the last five minutes. They pulled away a bit. But weโre doing a…
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