Through one week of the 2015-16 regular season, New Orleans ranks next to last in the NBA in defensive efficiency, allowing 116.0 points per 100 possessions (per Basketball-Reference.com). Although the Pelicans’ defensive statistics so far have been discouraging, new head coach Alvin Gentry isn’t reading much into them or putting a lot of weight into the numbers. Two-thirds of those stats have come against Golden State and Stephen Curry, who is terrorizing the entire league right now. Curry averaged an absurd 46.5 points in two games vs. New Orleans. Two days after he poured in 53 in the Crescent City, Curry and the Warriors beat a Memphis team that rarely gets routed by 50 points last night.
Pelicans shootaround update presented by HUB International: Defense looks to improve against Magic
