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Nets try to slow host Pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans are off to a 3-0 start as the highest-scoring team in the NBA.

But coach Alvin Gentry would like to see a little more balance between his team's offense and its defense, beginning with a home game against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

"Somewhere along the line they have to come to a state of equilibrium where they're both pretty good," Gentry said after practice Thursday.

New Orleans took a step in that direction in a 116-109 victory against the Clippers on Wednesday. In their first two games, the Pelicans had outscored the Rockets, 131-112, and the Kings, 149-129.