Dejounte Murray raged that he was “embarrassed” after the New Orleans Pelicans lost 119-93 to a Toronto Raptors side who were winless in 10 games on the road. (More MMA News)
🐭It was only Murray’s second game for the Pelicans, having fractured his hand on his debut at the end of October.
✱The Raptors had failed to win in New Orleans since 8 March 2019, losing their previous four games. The last three of which were decided by an average of 28.7 points.
🙈Yet they were able to take a 34-point lead in the second half, extending the Pelicans’ losing streak to six games and leaving Dejounte frustrated.
𒀰"If you're not embarrassed and really mad about this, that's a problem," Murray told the press.
ౠ"It's not really about the loss, [but] how we lost in front of our fans. Like, even the fans booing, I mean, what would you do if you were a fan paying your money?
ꦆ"You want to come watch a competitive basketball game, especially from your home team. So, they got all the rights to say what they want, feel how they feel. They deserve a better game."
💃Having missed 17 games, Murray had a rusty return, missing his first seven shots and finishing the game on 14 points.
🦹The Pelicans have struggled with injuries as Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jose Alvarado and Jordan Hawkins have all faced a spell on the sidelines.
🌞While Williamson and McCollum had returned, the New Orleans side remained without their other five absentees. However, Murray was not willing to accept it as an excuse.
﷽"When you've got guys in, guys out, guys in, guys out, it's really tough. But I think it's not tough to compete,” he added.
🌳"You can't get punked. You can't get pushed around. Tonight, it was just disgusting. We've got to compete. We've got to play harder, no matter who's on the floor."
