New Orleans Pelicans Cruise Past Houston Rockets in Big Easy
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00:00 The New Orleans Pelicans playing some really good basketball at this moment.
00:03 Seven-point home favorite last night against the Houston Rockets.
00:07 Both Donnie and I looked to the New Orleans side thinking they would roll over Houston.
00:11 That's exactly what happened. 127-105. The victory for the Pels in the Big Easy.
00:17 22-point win margin they cover as a seven-point home favorite.
00:20 Yeah, I thought they wouldn't again. Just using some of that sort of like, okay,
00:24 teams that are veteran-laden here expect to make the playoffs. They should get that extra bounce
00:28 coming out of the All-Star break against teams like the Rockets. Still trying to find themselves.
00:32 You had great balance here in the starting lineup for the Pelicans. 27 for Zion. Jones,
00:36 17. Valanciunas, 20. McCollum, 28. And Murphy had 13 as well. That's the way you get off in
00:42 that second half here. And we expected that performance to be there. Easy win for the
00:45 Pelicans. Got it done. Let's see what they can do the rest of the way here.
00:48 CJ McCollum leading the Pelicans last night in scoring with 28 points. But Zion,
00:54 just a point behind. 27 points. Zion's been used in a facilitation role as of late for the Pels.
01:00 And it's paid off. 27 points, 9 assists last night for Zion Williamson. The Pels won 7 of 8
01:06 entering the All-Star break. Make that 8 of their last 9, covering in 5 of those 8 wins. New Orleans,
01:13 5.5 games back of Minnesota for that top spot out west. I do want to make this quick clarification.
01:19 Those four teams at the top, the Timberwolves, followed by the Thunder by a game,
01:23 and then the Clippers and the Nuggets all separated by only 2.5 games at this moment.