The New Orleans Pelicans played a great game against the Spurs. They gave it everything they had in the energy bank.
However, defensive lapses became the root cause of a loss for the Pelicans. This is a New Orleans team looking to play themselves into playoff contention. New Orleans would lose in overtime to the Spurs, who are now currently just 2.5 games behind the injury-riddled Golden State Warriors.
Defensive lapses is now the story of the later quarters in Pelicans’ game. Either they just could not get the stops to secure the win or offensively, they were not able to finish at the rim.