The New Orleans Pelicans stored receipts after defeating the Miami Warmth 111-88 on the street Friday evening.
The Pelicans — notably Naji Marshall — remembered feedback made by Jimmy Butler after the Warmth’s win final month.
Marshall replied to a video of a Butler soundbite with a “My Quantity do not work what he say ?????” remark in a now-deleted tweet. The Pelicans opted for a number of trolls, together with altering their bio to “Protecting Receipts.”
We’re only a higher workforce#Pelicans | @HancockWhitney pic.twitter.com/TT3sl4qkN6
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 23, 2024
Pelicans Win. pic.twitter.com/mj4Ki6vuyo
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 23, 2024
Miami defeated New Orleans 106-95 on Feb. 23 in a sport that included 4 gamers ejected — Butler, Thomas Bryant, Jose Alvarado and Marshall. The ejections had been a results of dustup that started after a Kevin Love foul on Zion Williamson early within the fourth quarter. Marshall and Butler practically got here to blows.
“We’ll beat them the following time too,” Butler stated after that sport. “We’re only a higher workforce. I am not going to say that they don’t seem to be workforce. However I do not suppose this actually issues. I feel that after we get them on our residence court docket, it will be a unique sport. I hope that they are wholesome. And it will be the identical final result.”
At the least for now, the Pelicans could have the final giggle. They haven’t any extra matchups in opposition to the Warmth this season, until the 2 sides meet within the NBA Finals.
