The Pelicans entered today's semi-final as the only undefeated team remaining in the Las Vegas Summer League, but that changed by night's end. The Suns boasted two legitimate regular season rotation players in T.J. Warren and Archie Goodwin as well as the 13th pick in the 2015 NBA draft, Devin Booker. This, combined with the fact that perhaps the Pelicans running up and down the floor at a frenetic pace for the 3rd time in the last 4 days might have proved too cumbersome.
In the 1st and 3rd quarters, New Orleans pushed the ball well as evidenced by paces of 108.