The New Orleans Pelicans are continuing to slide, and Zion Williamson has made it clear that the teams latest performance was nowhere near good enough.Following Wednesdays embarrassing 145-111 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Williamson labelled the defeat unacceptable.Unacceptable, Williamson said after the game. I dont even have a lot of words. Just unacceptable.The Pels have given up 138 points or more in three straight games, and have lost their past two by more than 30.As men we have to, as a unit, players, coaches, everybody, you have to go look yourself in the mirror when you by yourself and say, did I do everything that I needed to do for my team? Williamson said. Did I do was I in the gaps on defense? Was I a low man when I was supposed to? Did I get out there and contest shots to make it tough on them? Did I do everything I needed to do? Did I give in real effort?Thats what everybody has to do.The result came just two days after the Pelicans were on the wrong end of a franchise-record 51-point defeat against the Golden State Warriors, losing 138-87.There was little improvement against Brooklyn, with the Nets putting up 83 points in the first half alone before eventually stretching their advantage to as many as 41 points.Williamson was one of the few bright spots, finishing with a game-high 29 points on 8-of-14 shooting, along with four rebounds, two assists and a block.However, his individual production did little to disguise the teams ongoing problems.I said nobody likes to lose like this, but if we dont like to lose like this, we have to start with ourselves first, Williamson said. Look in the mirror and say, did I do what I needed to do for my team? Not individually. Did I do what I needed to do for my team? And then we go from there.New Orleans is now 4-8 after a promising stretch that saw it win four straight games following an 0-4 start.
