MAGIC 84 PELICANS 101 F...@AntDavis23 of State BIRD of Louisiana Pro Hoops goes right to the Top on the MOUSE Town Magic...PELICANS beat MAGIC with Big ANT going 26 pts, 17 boards, and nine blocks!..."LOGO WATCH" 2014-15 TIP-OFF with the O-MAGIC paying for the TAB left at the SMOOTHIE King Center by ANT DAVIS of the #BBN! #ORLvsNOLA #MAGICnation #PelicansNestNOLA

I said earlier in the summer and most responded no way to the Pelicans Anthony Davis is a Top 5 NBA Player now and many would say he is on his way. Ask Magic lead man Jacque Vaughn and the O-Magic coaching staff about Davis after tonight's performance.

Davis helped the State Bird of Louisiana Hoops move a 48-41 lead at the break to a 101-84 win as he dominated everywhere on the hardwood. Big Ant the nest of Coach Cal's Kentucky Crop to date and it isn't even close had 26 points, 17 boards, and nine boards. Pelicans sniper Ryan Anderson added 22 points including 3 of 6 from Baton Rouge.

The Magic was led by the best SF you have never heard of in Dix Hills, NY by way of Bruce Pearl and Rocky Top Vols Hoops Tobias Harris who had a team-high 25 points and eight boards. If the Pelicans (15/31 FT) would have hit 75% from the stripe they would have beat the Magic by 25 plus. New Magic $55 million "Big' Nikola Vucevic of Montenegro goes 14 pts and 23 rebs in the loss.

Back to Davis he will flourish as new Pelicans "Big" Omer Asik added 14 points and grabbed seventeen boards, and five blocks. His presence in the paint allows Davis to play his natural 4 slot and even step out and get some of that small forward action.

Watch the Pelicans as they still have Eric Gordon, Jrue Holiday, and REKhavoc Evans on that roster and they are my sleeper in the Southwest division!