Standing only a couple hundred feet from the local NFL team’s practice facility, New Orleans Pelicans third-year head coach Alvin Gentry used a football analogy Saturday to describe how much his team missed five-time All-Star forward Anthony Davis (ankle) in Friday’s 19-point home loss to Washington.
“Just think Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, with him not on the (field),” Gentry said. “I think that would be a good comparison. (Davis) opens up the game for everyone, really.”
In a key Sunday matinee against fellow Western Conference playoff hopeful Utah, the fourth-place Pelicans (38-27) hope to have their headliner back in uniform.