The New Orleans Pelicans stored receipts after defeating the Miami Warmth 111-88 on the highway Friday evening.
The Pelicans — significantly 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 “Holding Receipts.”
We’re only a higher staff#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 recreation that included 4 gamers ejected — Butler, Thomas Bryant, Jose Alvarado and Marshall. The ejections have been a results of dustup that started after a Kevin Love foul on Zion Williamson early within the fourth quarter. Marshall and Butler almost got here to blows.
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“We’ll beat them the subsequent time too,” Butler stated after that recreation. “We’re only a higher staff. I am not going to say that they are not a very good staff. However I do not assume this actually issues. I feel that after we get them on our residence courtroom, it’ll be a special recreation. I hope that they are wholesome. And it’ll be the identical end result.”
At the very least for now, the Pelicans can have the final chuckle. They haven’t any extra matchups towards the Warmth this season, until the 2 sides meet within the NBA Finals.
