In his return from a chest injury, early MVP candidate, Anthony Davis, made sure that his New Orleans Pelicans team didn’t go down against the Utah Jazz, as they won 119-11.
Anthony Davis returned from a chest injury and scored 31 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, and led the Pelicans to overcome a 14-point fourth-quarter defect. The team scored 41 points in total during the fourth quarter.
Reserve forward, Ryan Anderson, hit six 3-pointers and finished with 28 points for New Orleans, while Tyreke Evans added 19 points with 6 assists scoring 9 during the Pelicans huge fourth quarter. Omer Asik had 10 points and Austin Rivers contributed 12 off the bench. Jrue Holiday only had 4 points, but had 8 assists. on the night.
Enes Kanter scored 29 points with 7 rebounds for Utah. Gordon Hayward scored 17 with 5 assists for the Jazz. Trey Burke and Alec Burks scored 16 each with Burke grabbing 6 rebounds. Dante Exum came off the bench to score 12 and Trevor Booker joined him off the bench to score 10. The Jazz lost despite scoring 68 points in the paint. Rudy Gobert only scored 6 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Utah has lost 3 straight and 12 of 13.
New Orleans Pelicans are 12-12. Utah Jazz are 6-19.
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