The home town team came up big in the clutch again. After taking a punch to the mouth early, the squad that has shown resilience time after time during the regular season once again found a way to overcome adversity in the minutes that mattered most.
I’m talking, of course, about the New Orleans Saints!
The New Orleans Pelicans have entirely been another story. With top-end talent and and a momentous finish to the 2017/18 season built largely upon late-game heroics, this current version of the Pelicans continues to come up short.
On Saturday night, for instance, the Pelicans had finally returned to health and thought to reverse the fortunes of what has been a disappointing campaign.