The New Orleans Pelicans are who we thought they were and that’s a shell of the team witnessed prior to the Covid-19 shutdown.
In the biggest game to date, the Pelicans failed to begin the contest with — you guessed it — the requisite amount of energy and focus. New Orleans made a decent run in the second half, cutting a 17-point halftime deficit to just four at the start of the fourth quarter, but they couldn’t get over the hump, eventually falling 122-113 to the division-rival Spurs.
In all likelihood, this spells the end of the 2020 playoff dream.