Harris shines in 76ers debut
LOS ANGELES: Anthony Davis scored 32 points to turn jeers to cheers on Friday (Saturday in Manila), leading the New Orleans Pelicans to a 122-117 NBA victory over
to be traded.
The Pelicans didn’t ship out their superstar by Thursday’s trade deadline, and with the
him healed he was back in the Pelicans starting lineup. Boos from the home fans greeted his pre-game introduction, and continued whenever he touched the ball in the early going. Davis shook off the awkwardness, scoring 10 - ing the first half with 24. He grabbed nine rebounds and blocked three shots in 25 minutes on the court.
“It just feels good to be back on the floor playing the game that I love,” Davis said. “I’m going to be here the rest of the year. My job is to play basketball and that’s all I want to do.”
He sat out the entire fourth quarter as the Timberwolves made a late push, closing the gap to 114112 on a dunk from Karl- Anthony Towns with 39 seconds left.
Minnesota, but Jrue Holiday, Kenrich Williams and Julius Randle got the job done in the waning seconds.
Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry said the decision not to send Davis back into the game when things got close was to do with his lack of recent playing time.
game back, play 38-40 minutes,” Gentry said. “That’s why he didn’t go back in the game.”
In a battle of the Western Con-
champions and West leaders Golden State out- scored the Phoenix Suns 35-22 in the fourth quarter on the way to a 117-107 victory. Philadelphia’s JJ Redick scored a season-high 34 points and Jimmy Butler added 22 as the new-look 76ers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-110.
Tobias Harris scored 14 points and
game for the 76ers, who acquired him at the trade deadline along with Boban Marjanovic and Mike Scott from the