NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pelicans reserve Josh Hart went from being questionable to play with back spams to scrapping for 40 minutes because of Zion Williamson's early foul trouble.
“He played probably way too many minutes," Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy said. “But I wasn’t going to take him out because he was doing a great, great job.”
Hart scored 20 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds, and the Pelicans beat Houston 130-101 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to four games.
“Luckily, I didn’t go out too often, so I didn’t have the risk of me getting cold and then locking back up,” Hart said as the team prepared to head straight from the arena to the airport for a road trip.