After a promising start, the New Orleans Pelicans fell off a cliff in the third quarter following the short departure of Anthony Davis due to a back injury and went on to get blown out by the Los Angeles Lakers.
The New Orleans Pelicans looked for their first home win against the Los Angeles Lakers. And for 3 1/2 quarters it looked to be in the realm of possibility. Then, things almost went from bad to catastrophic for the Pelicans. Star big man Anthony Davis left with an undisclosed back injury that had Pelicans fans holding their breathe. A surprise to no one the Lakers took a close game and turned it into a blowout with Anthony Davis. The lead ballooned to 16 points as the Lakers would go on a 12-0 run while the Pelicans were without their star. Luckily Davis returned, thats probably the only good news of the night.
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