re: 3rd Quarter Malaise: Reality or Myth?

Instead of a new thread i'll just post this here:

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The hope is that Anderson provides the needed offensive punch for the second unit and keeps New Orleans afloat after their starters go out. Even with Holiday's offensive issues, the starting five of Holiday, Gordon, the underrated Al-Farouq Aminu, Davis and Smith have outscored teams by over 15 points per 100 possessions, per NBA.com's stats page. If Anderson's presence also gives New Orleans a new Evans that'll begin to terrorize second units, this'll be a tough team to deal with later in the year. Still, the rough play of Holiday and Evans is a concern, and frontcourt depth is a question given Stiemsma's injury. LINK

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I looked through some of the best teams in the league(not all, didn't have the time) and the only team with a starting unit, or unit that played the majority of the team's minutes, outscoring opponents by as much as the Pelicans were the Pacers. We're at 15.2, I believe the Pacers were at 15.3.

If Evans and Anderson can click on that 2nd unit...