Pelicans Coach Alvin Gentry:
On Will Barton averaging 24 ½ points against the Pelicans prior to the matchup and the overall defensive effort:
“We spent a lot of time talking about that. That’s why I’m laughing. We spent a lot of time talking about him today in (the) coach’s meeting because he had played really well against us, but I thought we did a great job on him. He didn’t have a field goal and I thought we kept him in check. On his drives, we seemed to cut him off so we did a really good job.