New Orleans lost a chance to enter the playoffs, the rookie did not like his teammates' approach in the first half • Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry: "I have no explanation for that, I told the players it's like Game 7"

• Williamson. Frustrated by the dismissal

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Before tonight's game (Sunday through Monday) in which New Orleans lost a chance to play in the playoffs, coach Alvin Gentry told his players they should play as if it was "Game 7," with the entire season on the line. The players probably didn't really understand what it was all about, because from the start San Antonio ran away to the Pelicans and went up to 3:14, and the game ended in a 122: 113 loss that closed the gap on the playoff chances.

Zion Williamson did not like the way his team left the locker room at the start of the game and said it was unthinkable. “The lack of spirit in the first half dictated to us the second half,” Williamson said, “if we had come out well from the start, we might have had different results. We have to learn from it to be better. "

The talented rookie added that the team should be ready to go out and play, and he said that could be seen in games, when they did not come ready. "Every team has some kind of vulnerability that needs to be worked on," Williamson said. "We have good communication, but sometimes we don't use it and you can see it ... we just have to put ourselves in a better position to win. We can't go out like we did in the first half. Just like that."

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Coach Gentry said there was no explanation for the team not coming in with the intensity he had asked of them from the start. "We talked about it being Game 7, but the approach was not of Game 7," Gentry said. "A team like San Antonio. You have to be ready to play, execute and keep the ball. These are things we had a hard time tonight."