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The New Orleans Pelicans (20-14) are 6.5-point underdogs as they attempt to extend a four-game road winning streak when they take on the Minnesota
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CJ McCollum scored 33 points and the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans beat the Detroit Pistons 125-116 on Thursday with both teams playing for the second straight night.
CJ McCollum says he enjoys basketball too much to allow fatigue or a thrown-off routine to stop him from doing what he can to carry the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans through back-to-back games. “I actually owe that kid some shoes,” an exhausted but grinning McCollum said. The Pelicans, however, beat the Pistons, 125-116, thanks in large part to McCollum with his 33-point night.
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