The New Orleans Pelicans just wrapped up their most successful season since 2008 as they swept the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round and lost to the defending champion Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals.
Below are 10 telling quotes from the team’s postseason journey:
"The one thing I'll say is that I was really proud because we could have easily stopped playing. That's not in our DNA, none of the guys, and so we were going to compete until the final buzzer went off.