DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Rudy Gay added 19 off the bench as the spurs hang on to beat the PelicansNBA.
helped their playoff chances. Zion Williamson might have to wait another year for his post-season debut.
JJ Redick scored 31 points with a season-high eight 3-pointers for New Orleans, which got 25 from Williamson and 17 from Brandon Ingram. Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry called it a Game 7-type game beforehand but stayed with the plan of playing Williamson in short bursts. Williamson started the first, second and third quarters, coming out around the midway point of each.
The Spurs led 69-49 with 9:54 left in the third quarter, a key moment — because that was when White left with the knee problem.Williamson scored the next eight points by himself, kick-starting what became a 28-12 run by the Pelicans to end the quarter.
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