Postgame wrap: Pelicans 127, Rockets 112
Lonzo Ball was pushing the pace at every opportunity. Ball and E’Twaun Moore were draining shots from all over the Smoothie King Center. Despite a commendable effort by undermanned Houston to try to pull off a road win Sunday – while playing without its three leading scorers – New Orleans rode some of Ball’s and Moore’s best basketball of 2019-20 to a come-from-behind win. The Pelicans won a fourth consecutive game, marking their longest winning streak of the season to date.
Ball, Moore come up big as streaking Pelicans win fourth straight
The cupboard was bare for the Houston Rockets going into the second night of a back-to-back in New Orleans — as in a can of soup from three months ago is all that’s there bare.
Ball’s career-high 7 3s helps Pelicans past Rockets, 127-112
NEW ORLEANS — Lonzo Ball pulled up decisively from left wing to sink his career-high seventh 3-pointer in a single game, then glided back toward the Pelicans’ defensive end, slapping the extended hand of coach Alvin Gentry as a thunderous roar filled the arena.
Pelicans’ change in D helps turn back Rockets, extend streak
For the first two months of the season, the New Orleans Pelicans seemed to have little direction.
Lonzo Ball setting pace “exactly” where Pelicans want it
Lonzo Ball is at his best when he’s orchestrating at 200 beats per minute. In his lone season at UCLA in 2016-17, Ball was the key to a Bruins offense that piled up points while playing at breakneck speed.
