Nothing was going in their favor in the Pelicans’ single-elimination game, either in terms of momentum or outcome, until their head coach Willie Green gave the most motivating speech Friday night.
It was the final game of the play-in tournament, in which the Pelicans and Clippers competed for eighth place in the Western Conference. At halftime, the Pelicans led the game by 10 points, but things took a drastic turn in the third quarter when they not only lost the lead, but also trailed by 10 points at the end of the quarter .
Willie Green noticed that his team was losing motivation and control of the game and gave a most energetic and inspiring speech. While all the cameras on national television were focused on the coach, his one word energized the entire team.
“We played our best, it was a 10-point game going into the fourth quarter. Head held high, exclaimed Willie Green. “This is what we live for. We worked hard for this. ALL RIGHT? We are not giving up on it. We will not give up on this. You have to fucking fight! We must fight!”
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Pelicans head coach Willie Green bucks the trend by simply giving the most motivational speech of the season.
Well, the speech actually worked, the Pelicans seemed to be the more motivated team in the fourth quarter. The final quarter started 84-74, but it didn’t take long for the Pelicans to turn the tide, beating the Clippers 105-101 and punching their ticket to the playoffs for the first time since the 2018 season The New Orleans dominated the Los Angeles-based players 31-17 in the final quarter.
After the victory, Green talked about it during the post-game conference, “Our mentality is that we will continue to fight. We will not disappear. I wanted our boys to understand that. You deserve this moment. You deserve this chance. And it’s right there for us to get and we have to take it.
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The Pelicans are the fourth team in NBA history to start the season with a record of 1-12 or worse and still make the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Pelicans’ wild season may be due to their coach Green, who is now on his way to Phoenix for its first-round matchup against the Suns, for whom he was an assistant coach the last two seasons.
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