The shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans lost a difficult game without Anthony Davis on Wednesday night at the Orlando Magic.
The Pelicans had a golden opportunity to build an actual winning streak heading into Jrue Holiday’s glorious return at home on Friday. However, they instead faced the remarkable bad luck of losing Anthony Davis to injury on this same night.
Shorthanded, the Pelicans fell to an extremely disappointing Magic team. It comes down to talent some nights, and against Serge Ibaka and Evan Fournier, the Pelicans’ starters needed a career night from Terrence Jones to keep it close.
Close they kept it, but in the end another loss was tallied.
Final Observations:
Well, we know now that Terrence Jones can’t win a game by himself. 26 points on 47.3% shooting and a near-double-double is about as good as it gets in a recovery year for Jones. The Pelicans still lost.
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Friday can’t come soon enough.