3 observations after Sixers End RoadTrip with loss against Pelicans – NBC Sports Philadelphia

The long street of the Sixers is finally due to the fact that they return to Philadelphia.

They ended a 1-5 trip and dropped their fifth game in a row on Monday evening. It fell on a defeat of 112: 99 against the pelicans.

Justin Edwards and Jared Butler each scored 19 points for the 23-49 Sixers.

Rookie Pelicans Center Yves Missi scored 16 points in 6-against-7 shooting and nine rebounds. Karlo Matković scored 19 points from the bank and Elfrid Payton issued 14 templates. Kelly Olynyk had 14 points, 11 rebounds and seven templates.

The Sixers had excluded nine players through injuries. Quentin Grimes also rested on the second night of a back-to-back.

Here you will find observations on the defeat of the Sixers in New Orleans:

Edwards trends beyond the bow

The pelicans regularly beat the Sixers at the beginning of the transition and have caused damage inside. New Orleans published the first 16 points of the night in color.

The Sixers offensive was also not sparkling. The team started 2 for 10, although Edwards kept laying shots down. He sank three three -point in the first quarter and scored 11 of the 23 points of the Sixers in the opening period.

Edwards have let Jumpern fly their rookie year and rarely turn it openly and looks in the rhythm. His results have also been impressive lately.

In the last five games, the left wing from the large range has gone 18 of 36 (50 percent). For the season, Edwards is up to 37.1 percent.

New faces in the mixture

The Sixers introduced their 48th starting line -up of the season. Butler, Ricky Council IV, Edwards, Chuma Okeke and Guerschon Yabusele opened the game.

The second unit included Adema Bona, who returned from an absence of five games with a sprain of the left ankle.

While Bona hit a dunk in the second quarter, he took a hand from Matković to the eye. He left the game, but was considered good for the second half. In 19 minutes, Bona finished six points, seven rebounds, two steals and one block.

The 10-day contract with the 10-day contract with Marcus Bagley gave its NBA debut in the second quarter and achieved a short shot on his first attempt. Bagley was mostly peripheral on Monday and recorded two points, two rebounds and theft in 18 minutes.

Former Sixers-Zwei-way contract player Lester Quinones made their debut for New Orleans and bored a third second quarter. For injury -crowned teams at the end of the overall ranking, such as the Sixers and Pelicans, there are apparently one or two new face at this time of year.

Not much comeback juice

The council and Yabusele each had cold shootout. The couple combined together to miss their first 10 field goals.

Suddenly almost all Sixers jumper fell to fall. Yabusele made two threes in a row in the third quarter. The Council received a extensive jumper from a nice two-man campaign with Yabusele and went down. A three Edwards cracked a 15-2 run and achieved a 67:65 lead to the Sixers.

Okereke had no brilliant shooting night (4 for 9 from the floor, 2 for 6 out of three points), but again he played a decent overall game and made a little of everything with 12 points, nine rebounds, four assists, theft and a block. He recorded 20 offensive rebound on the six-game trip.

The leadership of the Sixers was short-lived, which was not shocking in view of the context-a few rotary players of the first choice, which had both a back-to-back and an extensive road trip. The pelicans regained control and built their lead to 23 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The Sixers will now rest for a day and on Wednesday a home stand with three games against another team on the NBA Draft Lottery picture, the 15-56 wizards.