the All-Star break, New Orleans Pelicans coach Willie Green put Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram on opposite teams. The games were more competitive than normal. They were louder than normal, largely because of all the talking that Williamson and Ingram were doing.
Over the break, Ingram said, the Pelicans got the “refresher” that they needed, and they came back with a new “sense of urgency.” After two years in the Play-In Tournament, they wanted to avoid it this time.
