The New Orleans Pelicans don’t expect a repeat when they host the Sacramento Kings for the second time in three nights Wednesday.
The Pelicans ended the Kings’ six-game winning streak with a resounding 129-93 victory Monday, their largest margin of victory this season.
The Pelicans will try to continue an offensive trend that has carried them throughout the first five games of a homestand that ends Wednesday.
In two games against Dallas and one each against Denver and Minnesota as well as the first game against the Kings, New Orleans has averaged 123.8 points and shot 52.2 percent from the floor and 43.5 percent on 3-pointers.
Zion Williamson scored 22 of his 26 points in the first half and New Orleans took a 13-point halftime lead Monday. Brandon Ingram scored 18 of his game-high 31 in the third quarter as the Pelicans took command.
Williamson shot 12-of-16 from the floor for his highest field-goal percentage of the season (.750).
The Kings’ streak was halted on the back end of a back-to-back, one night after a 129-113 victory at Dallas.
De’Aaron Fox had 30 points against the Mavericks and 43 two nights earlier against the Spurs, but managed just 14 against New Orleans, less than half of his 29.6 average.
Domantas Sabonis had his seventh-consecutive double-double, but his 10 points were half of his season scoring average and his 10 rebounds were nearly three fewer than his average.
