Dejounte Murray rips Pels after loss: ‘If you’re not embarrassed… that’s a problem’ | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors
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Dejounte Murray rips Pels after loss: ‘If you’re not embarrassed… that’s a problem’ | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

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New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray got the Pelicans going after their 119-93 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.

The Raptors, who haven’t won a road game in 10 games, built a 34-point second-half lead over the Pelicans as hometown fans booed at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

“If you’re not embarrassed and really angry about it, that’s a problem,” Murray said after the game, according to the Associated Press (via ESPN).

The Pelicans started the season 4-15 and are currently on a six-game losing streak.

“It’s not really about the loss, it’s about how we lost in front of our fans,” Murray continued, according to the Associated Press. “Even the fans are booing – I mean, what would you do if you paid your money as a fan? You want to watch a basketball game, especially your home team. So they all have a say in what they want, feel, how they feel. You deserve a better game.

The team was plagued This season, Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum, Zion Williamson, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jose Alvarado and Jordan Hawkins are all injured.

“When you have guys in, guys out, guys in, guys out, it’s really tough,” Murray said, according to the Associated Press. “But I think it’s not hard to keep up…You can’t let yourself be overwhelmed. You can’t let yourself be pushed around,” Murray added. “It was just disgusting tonight. We have to keep up. We have to play harder no matter who is on the floor.”

The Pelicans will look to bounce back from their loss on Friday when they take on the red-hot Memphis Grizzlies on the road.

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