They’re back emphatically in the win column.
The Pelicans coasted to a 130-105 victory over the Rockets on Sunday evening to snap a four-game losing streak, maintaining hold of the 10th seed in the West.
New Orleans won the season series (3-1) with Houston.
The second quarter was the determinative frame. the Pelicans smacked the Rockets down with a 39-23 margin to enter halftime with a 13-point lead. Jaxson Hayes, who had been a bit quiet over the last several weeks, largely supplied all of the fireworks.
The starting power forward posted four legitimate highlights in the last five minutes of the first half: pinning a Jalen Green lay-up attempt on the glass, swiping a steal that resulted in one of the most off balanced And-1s you’ll see this season and two alley-oop dunks.