After getting word on Sunday that Anthony Davis would be ready to play in the Pelicans next game, after hearing Tony Allen would return from his four-game hiatus, and after watching the coaching staff replace Dante Cunningham with E’Twaun Moore in the starting lineup, one had the sense New Orleans might be in prime position for a much needed victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Six minutes into the game, the Pelicans trailed 25-6 and the bad loss to the Denver Nuggets was the only thing at the forefront of all onlooking minds.