Tonight was supposed to be a happy night.
Prior to tipoff, Anthony Davis was presented with his jersey for this weekend's All-Star Game in Toronto. The lone celebratory point of this flop of a season. Then the news broke: former Pelican head coach Monty Williams' wife, Ingrid, died from injuries suffered in a car accident.
Really that's where the stuff that matters should end. Considering the circumstances it's hard to care how many points this player had or how well that player shot. Something as insignificant as the result of a basketball game pales in comparison to the loss of a mother to five.