The New Orleans Pelicans (17-26) dismantled the Orlando Magic (17-27) on Wednesday night by a final score of 118-98. The dominant theme was undoubtedly easy points as the Pelicans established a new season-high of 38 fast break points, eclipsing the previous best by 8 points (30 vs Knicks on 12/28).
“All we were doing was getting the ball out quickly,” said Alvin Gentry in his post-game comments. “I thought Jrue and Tyreke both did a good job of the picking up the pace of the game and our wings ran well.