Paolo Banchero Dropped His Fourth 30 Point Gam...

Cole Anthony scored 22 points, Gary Harris had 15, Bol Bol had 12 and Paolo Banchero added 11 for the Magic, who outscored the Pelicans 35-19 in the fourth quarter and finished 30 of 34 at the foul line in the game.

Paolo Banchero dropped his fourth 30 point gam...

CJ McCollum scored 23 points to lead the Pelicans, who made 18 of 24 free throws. Jonas Valanciunas put up 20 points, Trey Murphy III had 18, Jose Alvarado 17, Jaxson Hayes 14 and Herbert Jones 10. New Orleans dropped its third straight game.

Prior to Friday, the Pelicans were one of five undefeated teams (they were 8-0) against the bottom four teams in the league. Though they lost a huge game against the Lakers on Tuesday, four straight games against that bottom-four group were going to give them a chance to climb back into the Play-In Tournament picture in the Western Conference. But that stretch began with a loss to the Rockets on Friday, with the Pelicans blowing a 15-point, fourth-quarter lead, allowing the Rockets to score efficiently, and watching Jabari Smith beat them with less than a second to go.

The Crimson Tide dropped to fourth after the blowout loss to the Sooners, when Alabama fell behind by 17 at halftime in an eventual 93-69 defeat. The Tide edged fifth-ranked Arizona by just two points in this week's poll. 041b061a72