The New Orleans Pelicans had one hell of a season under Willie Green.
After starting the season at the bottom of the Western Conference, Green was able to turn the Pelicans around to sneak into the NBA’s play in games with a 36-46 record. Not only that, New Orleans beat both the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers to advance into the playoffs proper.
Of course, they had a tough matchup against the Phoenix Suns ahead of them if they wanted to keep this Cinderella story going. Unfortunately, the Pelicans playoff hopes ended on Thursday with a 115-109 loss to the Suns in Game 6. After the game, Green was seen hugging Chris Paul and others on the Suns looking quite emotional.
Willie Green holding tears pic.twitter.com/2x9YwjxZN0
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) April 29, 2022
An emotional Willie Green hugging Chris Paul. Respect. 🙏#NBATwitter #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/l0U8Vt4rCt
— 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣’ 𝙉𝘽𝘼 (@_Talkin_NBA) April 29, 2022
Green and the Pelicans gave the Suns all they could handle, pushing Phoenix hard to six games before bowing out in the end. NBA fans were in their feelings seeing Green emotional after Thursday’s game.
