While it is difficult to look at the box score and ignore Anthony Davis' 50 - point night, what may be even more glaring is the lack of production from the rest of his Pelican teammates as New Orleans lost to the Denver Nuggets. Davis' fellow starters in the frontcourt, Solomon Hill and Omer Asik, played a combined 44 minutes and scored a combined four points, while Dante Cunningham and Alexis Ajinca each played over nine minutes off the bench and had zero points to show for it. The bench unit as a whole managed to contribute just 23 points total for the Pelicans on Wednesday night. For both teams, the game was ultimately decided at the free - throw line, with neither squad able to put together a good shooting night from the field. The teams managed to shoot a combined 59 free throws Wednesday, and while the Pelicans shot their free throws at a much more efficient rate, the difference was the Nuggets' ability to get to the line a grand total of 33 times and using those trips to put the game away in the closing seconds.
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