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LAS VEGAS — Pelicans coaches and players walked off the garish blue-and-red court inside T-Mobile Arena with their chins tucked to their chests. Only a stoic high-five from executive vice president David Griffin brought some sets of eyes off the tunnel floor while New Orleans staffers retreated to the locker room following a lifeless 133-89 loss to LeBron James and the Lakers in Thursday night’s in-season tournament semifinal.