The New Orleans Pelicans are the lowest-scoring team in the NBA.

That weakness was at the forefront of the team’s ninth consecutive loss, a 115-98 setback against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night in the Smoothie King Center.

The Pelicans (2-15), who host the Chicago Bulls on Monday night, played without leading scorer Zion Williamson and never got on track offensively against the Hawks (10-7). They fell well short of their scoring average (109.3 points per game).

Trey Murphy scored 19 points, Saddiq Bey had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Derik Queen scored 20 and Jeremiah Fears had 11 to lead the Pelicans, who led by four points after one quarter but scored just 45 combined points in the second and third quarters.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 29 points, Jalen Johnson had 18 points and 11 r

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