Without Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum and Zion Williamson, expectations on the second night of a back-to-back in Milwaukee were low, but New Orleans fans were treated to a pleasant surprise.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scoring 50 points and making darn near all his field goal attempts (20 for 26) deserves all the headlines, but from a Pelicans perspective, Kira Lewis Jr. getting 27 minutes of run and producing nicely had to warm some hearts.
The Pelicans eventually falling by a final score of 135-110 to the Milwaukee Bucks was foreseeable after the first few minutes. New Orleans simply had no answers for Antetokounmpo.