Steven Adams posts back-to-back double-doubles with New Orleans Pelicans

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty ImagesPitt product Steven Adams was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the New Orleans Pelicans during the NBA’s brief offseason, and over the last few days, he posted the first double-double of his Pelicans career and followed it up with another. And thanks in part to Adams’ efforts, the Pelicans logged back-to-back wins for the first time this season.

Fittingly, Adams’ first double-double in a Pelicans uniform came in a New Year’s Eve road matchup with the Thunder, and the 6’11”, 265-pound center’s 14 points and 10 rebounds helped New Orleans dominate Oklahoma City 113-80. The second matchup would be a tighter affair, as the Pelicans faced the…