Lonzo Ball was pushing the pace at every opportunity. Ball and E’Twaun Moore were draining shots from all over the Smoothie King Center. Despite a commendable effort by undermanned Houston to try to pull off a road win Sunday – while playing without its three leading scorers – New Orleans rode some of Ball’s and Moore’s best basketball of 2019-20 to a come-from-behind win. The Pelicans won a fourth consecutive game, marking their longest winning streak of the season to date.
Ball, Moore come up big as streaking Pelicans win fourth straight
The cupboard was bare for the Houston Rockets going into the second night of a back-to-back in New Orleans — as in a can of soup from three months ago is all that’s there bare.