First thing’s first. The Houston Rockets got their butts kicked last night.
Anthony Davis showed why he’s almost everyone’s early favorite for the MVP trophy, putting up an Olajuwon-esque line of 32-16-8-3-3, and the New Orleans Pelicans got some strong contributions from some surprise places, including big games from Nikola Mirotic (30 and 10), Julius Randle (25 and 8 off the bench, including 2 three pointers), and Elfrid Payton (a triple double).
The Pels carved up Houston’s defense (if you can even call it that) to the tune of 132 points on 53 percent shooting from the floor, and they also hit on 40 percent of their threes.