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How Did This Happen?

In a season we'd all like to forget, the against-all-odds Pelicans somehow continue to play with guts, grit and determination despite having seven key players missing from the lineup. On a night when Knicks star Carmelo Anthony received a late game hug from a young child who ran onto the court, the Pelicans gutted out an unlikely victory. Here's how head coach Alvin Gentry and his walking wounded somehow managed to pull it off.