The New Orleans professional basketball club’s all-time favorite son Jrue Holiday came back to the Crescent City for a game with the Milwaukee Bucks, but the story quickly became how big the Pels could balloon their lead thanks to some hot shooting from 3 and drop-dead terrible nights from multiple Bucks in the first half.
That is, of course, before a nearly devastating collapse.
In the end, the Pelicans held on for their best victory of the season, 131-126.
But that came after allowing the Bucks (11-7) to cut a 29-point second half deficit into a tight few minutes.