The New Orleans Pelicans (20 - 20) defeated the Toronto Raptors (26 - 14) 95 - 93 on Sunday. New Orleans found a way to knock off the Raptors despite being without two of their starters for a second straight game. Anthony Davis has missed two straight games with a turf toe injury, and Jrue Holiday has missed three straight games dealing with inflamation in his right ankle, the same ankle that caused Holiday to sit out most of last season with a stress fracture. Tyreke Evans has picked up the slack on offense. He scored a game - high 26 points Sunday. Evans was aided by superb play off the bench from Alexis Ajinca, who put up 22 points and six rebounds in 34 minutes. The Pelicans could get Davis back for Monday's game against the New York Knicks, but Holiday is not expected to play. They remain three games behind the Phoenix Suns for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Toronto has dropped two straight games, falling to the Atlanta Hawks 110 - 89 on Friday before losing Sunday's game as well. After losing the first two quarters Sunday, the Raptors moved Terrence Ross to the bench for the second half and started Greivis Vasquez in his place. After sitting atop the Eastern Conference standings for the better part of the first two months of the season, Toronto has started to fall in the standings. They've dropped seven of their last nine games to fall 7 games behind the East-leading Atlanta Hawks. DeMar DeRozan returned to action three games ago, but he has n't brought the Raptors back to their elite level, yet. The Raptors will go on the road to face the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, giving them an opportunity to begin righting the ship in short order.
["TeamStat(G,'Raptors') has 14 Losses ,has 93 Total points ,has 26 Wins ."
 "TeamStat(G,'Pelicans') has 20 Losses ,has 95 Total points ,has 20 Wins ."]