Jonas Valanciunas scored a season-high 37 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for New Orleans, but he hit just one of his career high-tying seven 3-pointers in the second half. ''There's probably only a handful of guards, if even that many, like Jrue that could maybe pick him up higher, pick him up earlier, do some different things to him.'' ''Jrue, in a kind of subtle, understated way is very, very strong and I think he loved the challenge, beating him to a spot, having the strength to kind of take a hit, pressuring him a little bit,'' Budenholzer said. Williamson's annoyance was evident when he was assessed a technical foul while speaking angrily to official John Conley in the third quarter. ''I feel like we kind of frustrated him.'' ''We know he such a big part of their offense that if he's not scoring, we have a good chance,'' Holiday said. He scored nine in the final 12 minutes to finish with 18 points. One-and-done UCLA Bruin Jrue Holiday, a Pac-10 All-Freshman Teamer in 2009, transformed himself into one of the NBA's elite two-way guards, a status he enjoys even in his relative pro dotage at.
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