Cousins, Davis play first game as Pelicans teammates

The other three Pellies starters combined for 15 points, and New Orleans’ defense got stomped by 49.5 percent shooting and 20 triples from Houston.

“Interesting”, Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said.

New Orleans, 3 games back of the 8 seed in the Western Conference, have 24 games to make up the difference.

The departure of Buddy Hield (previous starting shooting guard), Tyreke Evans (previous reserve point guard), and Langston Galloway (bench mortar specialist) means there are plenty of minutes available beside Jrue Holiday while the arrival of DeMarcus Cousins will drain numerous minutes formerly used by Terrence Jones and Donatas Motiejunas.

“That was a pretty decent introduction, I would say”, Williams said. It’s easy to play with these guys and their very open style.

“We see the potential”, Cousins said.

The acquisition of Cousins is going to significantly reduce the playing time for Jones.

Another one worth mentioning is the Los Angeles Lakers trading shooting guard and leading scorer Lou Williams to the Houston Rockets for Corey Brewer and an unprotected first-round pick in this year’s draft. Cousins set a career high himself with five 3-point field goals.

The Rockets relied on their bench firepower and three-point gunning to turn a two-point game into a 90-60 edge. Davis finished with 19 points but didn’t play in the fourth quarter due to a leg injury.

James Harden only had 13 points in his 30 minutes of action, but he orchestrated the offense beautifully with 14 dimes.

National Basketball Association history is not filled with many big men tandems like Cousins and Davis.

Rockets: Houston has won seven of the past eight meetings.

“I looked at my thumb and it just swelled up real fast”, he said. We see what we need to work on. We know that the Clippers, even fully healthy, will find a way to choke, and everybody else is just fodder for a few weeks of television in late April and early May.

The blogosphere has been abuzz since reports surfaced Sunday night of Cousins heading to the Pelicans.

“I think he’s in a better place now”, Wall said. I’m excited to finish off the season and continue playing the way we’re playing.

Cousins and Davis both have range as well. Cousins’ is haqvig bis best year in terms of PPG, 3pt percentage and APG, and sits fourth in scoring in the league with 27.8 per game. With the two bigs we have now, they’re not accustomed to being able to go out on the court and go out against a guy like (Rockets forward Trevor) Ariza on those guys.