Davis missed the previous two games with a bruised hip, while the Pelicans (1-9) were blasted by the Raptors and Hawks.
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The groans from the Madison Square Garden crowd sounded like the agita of a fan base expecting another meltdown.
Things started out so well for Kristaps Porzingis on Sunday. Taking a lot of shots early uncharacteristically, albeit in unsuccessful fashion. I had no time to get a tattoo or anything, so I just wanted to do something creative.
He scored 17 points in the second half.
Even though Porzingis was unsuccessful, I really liked the mindset to go back at a superstar of Davis statue.
Porzingis attacked Davis confidently, but with less than stellar results. That is the type of attitude you like to see from the young rookie.
NY entered halftime with only a 44-42 deficit despite shooting only 33.3% from the field. “We’ve got to come together and figure out what we have to do as a unit out there so we can become more cohesive out there on the court, you know, making the right plays, figuring out what plays work night-in and night-out against different teams”.
“5-6 in the first 11 games, I’ll take it”, said Anthony, who struggled through a season filled with injury and embarrassment in 2014-15. He was a big part of our run that we made in that second half. New Orleans though would go on a 8-0 of their own midway through the period to tie the game up at 56 each. The 25-year-old Seraphin left his native French Guiana for Paris nine years ago to pursue a basketball career, moving up the ranks of the French club, Cholet Basket, until the Washington Wizards – via trade with the Chicago Bulls – drafted him 17th overall in 2010. Seraphin led the way with a couple of baskets in the paint and a couple of lovely assists.
The Pelicans could get no closer than four points in the final minutes as a pair of shots by Gordon and Jrue Holiday failed to get New Orleans into contention. Seraphin considers Paris his adopted hometown, and on Friday as the attacks were unfolding, Seraphin told Yahoo that it all still was hard to comprehend…
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Since the attacks, Seraphin has shown his support on social media, but Sunday is the first day that he’s shown off his new haircut. Yet, in the future, you hope that they don’t have to play with heavy hearts like today. Lin was ninth-best for 35 games during the 2011-12 season, and Robinson was among the 15 best with two solid campaigns from 2006-08.
