New Orleans may have recently made a statement at Air Canada Center on November 11th, but it’s already been buried in the past.
Not just because of the ‘on to the next’ cliché either.
In the two games following the 126-110 ‘statement’ win over the Toronto Raptors, New Orleans was plagued by disinterested openings that would allow any team in this league the ability to rally its troops. The first of those came against a new-look Timberwolves squad fresh off acquiring Robert Covington and Dario Saric in return for All-Star Jimmy Butler.