If questions remained whether the New Orleans Pelicans planned on rolling over and tanking the rest of the season, they answered that with a 131-122 victory over the red-hot OKC Thunder before a national television audience.
Key stat of the game…
35. The Pelicans free flowing offense was in full effect on Thursday night. After scoring below 100 points the last two games, the Pelicans exploded with 131 points. They finished with 35 assists in the game which was 1 shy of their season high. Every player who played more than 2 minutes in the game had at least 1 assist.