Davis scores 35, Pelicans beat Timberwolves 114-99

It was another bad start for the New Orleans Pelicans.

The New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-99, pushing their record to 14-27 on the season.

New Orleans outscored Minnesota 63-39 in the second half, buoyed by Davis scoring 13 of his game-high 35 points. He is averaging 24.4 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.0 steals/blocks per game in the Pelicans’ 13 wins. While Towns registered a 20 point, 13 rebound double-double, he had to shoot the ball 17 times to get that result.

“We’ll get more information (Wednesday) and figure out what has to be done, and go from there”, Gentry said. We know how K.G.is. It is hard to imagine this team ever going down with that kind of efficiency from its two best players. “You lose nine games in a row, I just think it’s good for everybody”, Mitchell said. “Just make our presence felt”. With the Pelicans likely out of the 2016 playoff mix and in dire need of long-term talent to put alongside Davis, here are five teams Demps could trade Anderson to before the 2016 NBA Trade Deadline. Conley says they still are aiming to finish top four in order to secure home-court advantage in the first round.

For a split second, I thought I was going to be writing a recap for an L. The Pelicans defense looked bad, allowing Minnesota to complete just about any play they wanted to on offense. For whatever reason in the second half, we stopped passing the basketball. New Orleans has endured a tough season but has a chance to gain some momentum as the contest is the opener of a seven-game homestand. Mike Conley added 15 points and 10 assists. Davis, though, wasn’t about to absolve his team for the way it started the game, trailing at one point 38-21.

Midrange jumpers from Holiday and Norris Cole helped the Pelicans to an 80-75 lead in the fourth quarter. The play of the game was at the end of the 3rd Q. Holiday drained a midrange shot with under 3 seconds left, and milliseconds later Dante Cunningham stole the inbounds pass and beat the buzzer with a layup to give the Pels their largest lead of the game to that point. Miami will play its next eight games in eight different cities, with a home date against the Atlanta Hawks on January 31 to break up the road woes.

New Orleans has struggled this year, but it has won two of its past three with wins over the Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Hornets.

“We slowed our pace, and they got aggressive”, Rubio said.