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PELICANS ONE-ON-ONE: Sharief Ishaq and unsung hero Willy Hernangomez talk Pelicans play-in game

PELICANS ONE-ON-ONE: Sharief Ishaq and unsung hero Willy Hernangomez talk Pelicans play-in game

PELICANS ONE-ON-ONE: Sharief Ishaq and unsung hero Willy Hernangomez talk Pelicans play-in game

PELICANS ONE-ON-ONE: Sharief Ishaq and unsung hero Willy Hernangomez talk Pelicans play-in game

Alright, Billy, you wanna team last season this season a great finish to this season. You started three and 16. Did you imagine this team would be in this spot hosting a playing game? I mean, I think nobody besides our locker room belief in ourselves and believe in our daily work. The stuff that we put on coach, um all the work of the hours, you know, we earned this, this playing games. So we're very proud and very happy and we're ready. We're ready to compete and to win. What is the biggest reason for this turnaround for this team? Has it been Willy Green? Has it been CJ? Has it been Jonas? Has that just been a combination of things? No, this is uh, the good thing about the team is all the little pieces, you know, and coach Willie, he comes with his mentality, his approach, you know, he's uh, the way he's thinking about basketball and give us our advice is so it's, it's been great. Coach Willie. We've been great all year. And I think having J B C J. Larry via has been, it's been amazing. Everybody put a lot of work and it's not how you start. It's how you, how you finish And we earned the playing spot. The cities will be proud. So this will be excited for tomorrow's game. We're just waiting for that. That's what I want to ask you, the excitement, the fans have built for you guys now. You see packed arenas in the last few games and you're gonna have a packed one for this game against the spurs? What does it mean to you guys to have the fans very excited. It means it means it's something amazing. Something unbelievable for me. In my second year here last year we have Kobe no, not many fans that arena and see through decision how the arena is. You know, it's getting crowded and crowded and people and fans, they just for our game. So if they haven't having fun, they see that we're doing a good job, they're going to the games and see the arena full. Uh See tomorrow Arena Full is going to be amazing guy. So I'll be ready. We need you and it's gonna be hopefully fun and hopefully we'll get the win together. Alright, He is Pelican's big man, Billy Hernangomez, big part of this team's success to get him into this playing game back to you.
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PELICANS ONE-ON-ONE: Sharief Ishaq and unsung hero Willy Hernangomez talk Pelicans play-in game

PELICANS ONE-ON-ONE: Sharief Ishaq and unsung hero Willy Hernangomez talk Pelicans play-in game

The New Orleans Pelicans started out the season 3-16 and even the thought of making the play-in game was unthinkable, let alone hosting one.But here we are 33 wins later and the Pelicans (36-46) will host the San Antonio Spurs (34-48) in the play-in game Wednesday night.While stars CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram, Herb Jones, Jonas Valanciunas and Jaxson Hayes have propelled the team to this play-in game, the bench also deserves a lot of credit.One of the guys who has contributed in a big way off the bench is center Willy Hernangomez.He has played in 50 games this season, averaging close to 10 points and 7 rebounds per game.

The New Orleans Pelicans started out the season 3-16 and even the thought of making the play-in game was unthinkable, let alone hosting one.

But here we are 33 wins later and the Pelicans (36-46) will host the San Antonio Spurs (34-48) in the play-in game Wednesday night.

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While stars CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram, Herb Jones, Jonas Valanciunas and Jaxson Hayes have propelled the team to this play-in game, the bench also deserves a lot of credit.

One of the guys who has contributed in a big way off the bench is center Willy Hernangomez.

He has played in 50 games this season, averaging close to 10 points and 7 rebounds per game.