NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Pelicans have won three of their last four games, but they are a team still in search of their post-All-Star Game identity as they host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday at the Smoothie King Center.
The Pelicans (28-41) put together one of their most impressive complementary performances of the season in a 128-112 upset of the red-hot Houston Rockets on Friday night, and they did it with center DeMarcus Cousins sitting out to rest a sore left knee and a bruised right rib.
New Orleans moved the ball effectively against the Rockets, collecting 29 assists, and small forward Solomon Hill, an under-performing offensive commodity most of the season, scored a career-high 30 points to go along with 24 points and 15 rebounds from All-Star forward Anthony Davis.