Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans hung 40 points on the Orlando Magic in the second quarter.
In the entire second half, they managed only 35 as Orlando scored a 115-99 victory at Smoothie King Center on Monday.
The Magic won this game with solid bench play, strong defense, aggressive transition scoring and lights-out shooting. Those four things have typified a red-hot start to the 2018 season for a team few expected to make any waves at all.
Davis came out strong and never let up. He got Aaron Gordon into early foul trouble (Aaron Gordon ended up playing just 18 minutes) and finished with an impressive 39 points on 20 field goal attempts.