If one needed more proof of New Orleans recent elimination from the postseason, I give you exhibit A: tonight’s woeful 122-106 loss in Denver.
Three days ago, the Pelicans and Nuggets battled back and forth in a highly entertaining display of basketball for 48 minutes. Tonight was damn near just the opposite. DeMarcus Cousins was out nursing a sore Achilles, Anthony Davis decided to shoot the ball at every opportunity, regardless of his ice-cold stroke, and in general, the effort and teamwork seen for much of the season was noticeably absent.