New Orleans coach Stan Van Gundy will be back on familiar turf Friday when his Pelicans face the Miami Heat, the team that gave him his start coaching in the league in 1995.
Van Gundy’s Pelicans won their season opener on Wednesday night, defeating the Toronto Raptors, 113-99. The game also marked the Pelicans debuts of Eric Bledsoe (18 points) and Steven Adams (eight points, a game-high four steals and two blocks).
Even so, the win wasn’t easy, and Van Gundy will be looking for improvement in the Christmas Day game.
“We were turning the ball over. We were in foul trouble. Not a lot was going right for us,” Van Gundy said of his Pelicans, who trailed by as many as 11 points….
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