Everything seemed to fall the New Orleans Pelicans' way Friday night, as they scored 80 points in the first half and beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 139-91.
The Timberwolves play the Houston Rockets in Mexico City tonight at 9pm, pregame on WJON at 8:30. The Wolves attempted to play San Antonio in Mexico City last season but couldn't because of smoke in the arena.
The Timberwolves experienced the proverbial adding of insult to injury, losing to the Orlando Magic in overtime after point guard Ricky Rubio left the game with a sprained ankle.
Kevin Martin hit a would-be game winning three-pointer with just seconds remaining, but Chicago's Jimmy Butler drew a foul and hit both free throws to give the Bulls a 106-105 victory.