The New Orleans Pelicans grabbed a win Saturday night against the San Antonio Spurs 100-99, in what turned out to be a thriller. Anthony Davis made a game winning layup with 6.6 seconds left in the game after the Pelicans led for a majority of the contest, including by 10 points at one point, before allowing the Spurs to tie the game prior to Davis’ game winner.
Other Observations:
- The Pelicans made their free throws again. After shooting horribly from the foul line to start the season, the Pelicans shot 85.7 percent from the charity stripe tonight. They will need to keep up above the 75 percent range at the line in order to not throw away games.
- Jimmer Fredette and Austin Rivers both missed their single attempts from behind the three point line, but the team as a whole shot 38.1 percent from downtown. Above the league average from long range will help the Pelicans out a lot if they can keep up this pace.
- Anthony Davis. Our Overlord. There isn’t another player in the league under that age of 24 that I would want on my team today if I was starting a franchise. If you hadn’t heard, this might be his coming out party for super star level player in the league. Maybe that number three ranking wasn’t as insane as some (including me) thought.