Pelicans COMPLETE Largest Comeback in Franchise History | Zion Benched, Borrego Wins, Offense Is REAL

About this episode

The episode discusses the New Orleans Pelicans' record-setting comeback against the Houston Rockets and the coaching decision to bench Zion Williamson.

Send us Fan Mail The New Orleans Pelicans (6–22) pulled off the largest comeback in franchise history, erasing a 25-point deficit to beat the Houston Rockets 133–128 at the Smoothie King Center — and it came with a MAJOR coaching decision. Twitter | Instagram | TikTok 👉 @nobasktball (no “E”) 👍 Like the video 🔔 Subscribe to the channel 💬 Drop your thoughts: Was Borrego right to bench Zion? #Pelicans #NewOrleansPelicans #ZionWilliamson #NBA #PelicansRockets #LargestComeback #JamesBorrego #T...

People in this episode

Host: The Rattler Brothers

Topics covered

• comeback
• basketball
• coaching decisions
• New Orleans Pelicans
• NBA
• Zion Williamson
• James Borrego

Keywords

• Pelicans
• largest comeback
• Zion Williamson
• James Borrego
• NBA
• Houston Rockets
• basketball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Orleans Pelicans, Houston Rockets

Places: Smoothie King Center

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