SHANGHAI – Sporting matching gray sweatsuits, the four-man New Orleans Pelicans squad had the business-like, professional look of a cohesive unit when it arrived at Thursday’s inaugural NBA 2K online championships. The opposition, on the other hand? The attire of the Houston Rockets’ quartet probably could’ve been best described as “every man for himself.”
Whether it was coincidence or not, the two Southwest Division teams’ approach carried over to head-to-head, five-on-five competition, as the Pelicans methodically dissected and swept the Rockets, earning the first-ever NBA2K title. New Orleans’ group of Anthony Davis, Langston Galloway, Dante Cunningham and Buddy Hield won a best-of-three series 2-0, highlighted by a two-point win in the opener.