New Orleans rookie Dyson Daniels has bounced again from a mid-game knee damage to safe bragging rights over fellow Australian Jock Landale with a 129-124 time beyond regulation defeat of the Phoenix Suns.
Daniels collided together with his countryman halfway by means of the final quarter and limped down the important thing together with his facet up 109-103.
Coach Willie Green subbed Daniels out for Pelicans star Zion Williamson and the 19-year-old favoured his left knee as hobbled again to the locker room.
But Daniels managed to return in the direction of the tip of a 14-8 Suns run that despatched the sport into time beyond regulation.
The Bendigo-born Pel performed the whole thing of OT, developing with two assists and a steal because the Western Conference-leading New Orleans (18-8) edged their approach to a seventh-straight win.
Starting for the fifth consecutive sport, Daniels completed with a team-high eight assists to go together with 11 factors – agonisingly near a first-ever double-double.
Williamson was predictably busy for the Pels, managing 35 factors, whereas CJ McCollum had 29.
For his half, Landale performed extra minutes on Monday (AEDT) than in any sport since late October and had eight factors and 7 rebounds to point out for it.
His Suns (16-11) misplaced each hit-outs in a two-game street stand towards New Orleans however can have the possibility to redeem themselves once they host the Pelicans on Sunday (AEDT).
