NEW ORLEANS -- The befuddled New Orleans Pelicans are searching for a fortune teller. The banged-up Toronto Raptors are searching for a witch doctor.
They've come to the right city.
When the Pelicans (25-39) host the Raptors (37-26) on Wednesday night at the Smoothie King Center, they will try to answer some puzzling questions.
The Pelicans are 2-5 since trading for DeMarcus Cousins in a blockbuster deal with Sacramento, and they have won just once with both Cousins and Anthony Davis in their new-look, Twin Towers lineup.
The offense was so anemic in an 88-83 road loss Monday night against the Utah Jazz that New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry, normally placid, got testy when asked why point guard Jrue Holiday did not play in the fourth quarter.