Halftime is exceptionally brief during summer league games, but whatever adjustments New Orleans and new head coach Willie Green have been making during intermission this week, they’re clearly working. For a second straight contest in Las Vegas, New Orleans did not have the lead midway through a game, but dominated the second half en route to a victory.
Wednesday’s game was deadlocked at 35 at the midway point, before the Pelicans held a 22-14 third-quarter edge and went up comfortably by double digits in the final stanza. Two days earlier, New Orleans trailed Chicago by three at halftime, then overpowered the Bulls 50-30 in the final 20 minutes.