Spurs crush Pelicans, 112-72, on the road.
The Pelicans shot 29% for the game, a disaster. |
Meanwhile, San Antonio dominated the paint 38-26 and the fast break 24-9. Its bench crushed the Pelicans 63-37, with the home crowd sorely watching in agony. The Spurs had 27 assists as a team with 59 rebounds, swatting 10 blocks.
The Spurs won the 1st Quarter by a whopping 31-13, the second 25-17, the third 27-18 and the final quarter 29-24, leading by 43 points at one moment in this lopsided outing. Even Anthony Davis struggled with just 8 points and 11 rebounds. Wesley Johnson, recently traded by the Clippers, was the high scorer for New Orleans and that didn't bode well as he is a third-string forward (16 points). Jrue Holiday had 12 points on 4-11 shooting. Etwaun Moore went 4-14 and even Nikola Mirotic went 2-8, with Solomon Hill's 1-10 the worst of all.
San Antone led 56-30 at halftime, going 50% from the field with Leonard having 12 points. The blowout began with an 8-0 run to take the lead 10-9 early-on.