LAS VEGAS – It’s not quite the same as the NBA regular season, but one valuable aspect of summer league competition is the opportunity to gain experience during an array of in-game situations. In a weekend back-to-back set, New Orleans packed about as many late-game scenarios as possible into 88 minutes of basketball.
For a second straight day, the Pelicans went to overtime in the summer league playoffs, but after pulling out a one-point win over Miami on Saturday, they dropped a nail-biter to Memphis. New Orleans (4-2), which equaled its deepest advancement in the seven-year history of the tournament, was eliminated two wins shy of a title.