The Pelicans came in desperate.
Ah, first bucket of the game: Zo-to-Zion alley-oop dunk? Great!
3.5 games back of the visiting San Antonio Spurs for 10th place, a season series tie-breaking game, and what do we get? We get a horrid performance from the free throw line, a heap of turnovers and mixed bag of other miscalculations in a razor close margin loss.
Pelicans 108, San Antonio Spurs 110. Another season without playoffs nearly locked in.
New Orleans made just 17 of 32 freebies and committed 19 turnovers, 12 in the first half, and the Spurs led most of the night.