HOUSTON — The New Orleans Pelicans’ rebuild is in the midst of their third season following the departure of Anthony Davis. But had the Pelicans retained Christian Wood, perhaps New Orleans would be further along.
Sunday evening, the former Pelican scored 23 points and pulled down eight rebounds against his old team, to lead the Houston Rockets to a 118-108 victory inside the Toyota Center. With the win, the Rockets prolonged the NBA’s longest win streak with half a dozen games following 15 consecutive losses.
Similar to the way Wood throttled the Pelicans, the Rockets had the same problem with Brandon Ingram.