DeMarcus Cousins returns; Anthony Davis sparkles again; Pelicans hold off Mavericks
Pelicans hold off Mavericks 121-118 as Big 3 refused to lose and keep playoff hope alive
That’s the Pelicans’ tragic number entering today. Any combination of Portland wins and Pelicans losses lowers that number. Once that number drops to zero, the Pelicans are officially eliminated from contention. Until then, they aren’t. To say the Pelicans are hanging by the skin of their teeth would be an understatement. Mathematical elimination could happen any time now.
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Jrue Holiday on the Pelicans' improving offense: 'Scoring just kind of comes easy now'
The New Orleans Pelicans have leaned on defense to keep them in games for most of the year, but that has all changed over the past few weeks.