The New Orleans Pelicans sad little basketball bus pulled into San Antonio on Sunday and a slaughter ensued. Don’t pay attention to the final score, 113-100, because that failed to divulge the full story.
You know how when you were in high school and no matter how bad your team was the schedule makers always found some laughingstock squad to serve as the sacrificial lamb for homecoming? Well, meet the 2016-2017 Pelicans, everybody's favorite homecoming matchup. The Spurs decided that tonight of all nights would be the best time to coronate one of the all-time greats to grace the league — Tim Duncan had his jersey retirement ceremony tonight — while not having to worry about the result of the game being spoiled by a loss.