NEW ORLEANS -- When DeMarcus Cousins went down with a torn Achilles in January, one of the NBA's most promising "Big Threes" was dismantled -- and it looked like the New Orleans Pelicans' playoff hopes would crumble as well.
But the remaining "Big Two" of Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday just responded with one of the greatest two-man playoff performances in NBA history to cap a stunning sweep of the third-seeded Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday.
Davis (47 points) and Holiday (41) tied the NBA record for most points ever scored by a duo in a single game in NBA playoff history, joining John Havlicek and Jo Jo White in 1973, according to Elias Sports Bureau research.