The New Orleans Pelicans arrived in Brooklyn in hopes of finding a way to claw out a victory against, at worst, a near championship contender. They wound up putting the rest of the league on notice, clobbering the Nets by a final score of 130-108 to make everyone think that perhaps “New Jersey” was still printed on the front of their jerseys.
But jokes aside, that’s as impressive of a performance one will ever see against a Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving-led team.
“Hats off to all of our guys,” Willie Green said. “Wire-to-wire, I thought it was a pretty dominant performance.