Let me know if you’ve heard this one before: the New Orleans Pelicans started off a game rather slowly, rallied late, but the comeback attempt came up a bit short.
Well, in their 106-101 loss on Friday night to the Miami Heat, all of that happened tenfold. Or maybe a hundredfold. After twenty-one minutes of action, New Orleans trailed by 31 points — yes, that’s not a misprint — 31 points... To a team with a 7-13 record... That had lost eight of their last ten games.
Outside of the day and team chosen, this formula has been a fixture in enough losses so far this season.