New Orleans felt like a basketball city last night as the Pelicans eliminated the Spurs from postseason competition with a 113 to 103 win over San Antonio in front of a boisterous crowd at the Smoothie King Center. New Orleans version of the big three played well as C-J McCollum had 32 points, 27 in the first half, Brandon Ingram had 27 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 22 points and 14 rebounds. Here’s McCollum after the win…
cut 19 (18) “…getting to his spots”
New Orleans now heads to Los Angeles where they’ll play the Clippers on Friday night. The winner is the eight seed in the Western Conference playoffs, while the loser is done for the season.

When Mike Denbrock was hired as LSU’s offensive coordinator, he knew he had some work to do trying to turn around a team that finished 11th in the SEC in yards and 12th in points last season. The Tigers were a bit overwhelmed at the start of spring practices, but Denbrock says everyone has started to adjust to where the bar has been set.
Cut 17 (22) “ …of one another.”
LSU football has received a commitment from four-star safety Michael Daughtery out of Georgia. He’s rated as the 19th best safety in the nation according to 24-7 sports.

LSU men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon has signed three-star center Corneilous Williams from Hickory, North Carolina. Williams was committed to McMahon at Murray State and he’s rated as the 51st best center according to 24-7.