New Orleans needed a win — the team and the city — no matter how small.
CJ McCollum provided one Friday night, knocking down 10 3-pointers and scoring 50 points to earn New Orleans a win over Washington.
It was the kind of night the Pelicans needed. It’s been a rough season — while injuries started the slide, the issues have been bigger than that. A season that began with the team talking about the postseason is now about lottery odds and long-term questions.
For a night, Pelican fans could forget about those questions as McCollum reminded them how much fun the game can be when a good player gets on a heater.
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