Come from behind road wins against good playoff-caliber teams in the Western Conference are officially a thing.
Precisely 48 hours ago, the New Orleans Pelicans erased a 19-point deficit to upend the Nuggets in Denver, and tonight the 504 try-hards came back from 17 points down against a hot Jazz squad in frigid Utah, posting an improbable 115-112 victory.
With 3:41 left to go in the second quarter, the Pelicans trailed 58-41 after Ricky Rubio canned a corner three. However, New Orleans would go on to close the first half out on a 9-3 run, and then they continued to fight throughout the second half — even when they trailed by as many as 14 points twice in the fourth quarter.