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We're going to start with this pelican sons game. The New

Orleans pelicans won last night 125 beating the sons 116 Anthony

Davis 53 points in the game to go along with 18 rebounds five blocks three assists the

brow continues to dominate look I mean it was a good win for New Orleans overall

this is a team that is now post-de-Marcus cousins going down has has risen to fifth place in the Western conference.

They're 34 and 26 now.

This is a team that despite missing Boogie and because of the play of

Anthony Davis is still a serious playoff contender. In fact they are like I said

fifth in the Western Conference they're above the Oklahoma City Thunder at this point. I mean, just another good win for New Orleans. I just kind of keep trucking along here.

Yeah, there's seven and three over the last ten games. And we've seen reports from Davis where he says he's going to adopt a much more aggressive approach to close that the season.

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