The New Orleans Pelicans came into tonight with just nine healthy players; three of whom are ground bound centers incapable of logging many minutes together. On the other sideline the Miami Heat are rounding into playoff form while Chris Bosh recovers from another blood clot scare. Ten actual NBA players deserving rotation minutes against a rag-tag bunch went about as expected for long stretches of the game.
Rather than walk through the game blow-by-blow let's jump right to some discussion on those ten rotation players the Heat trotted out tonight. Justise Winslow (the 10th pick last year) and Josh Richardson (40th overall) logged significant minutes in a "3&D" role; one the Pelicans have a near continuous vacancy.