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    Anthony Davis Says He Has to “Play Almost Perfect Every Night” for the Pels to Win

    Written By

    Pete Michael

    Date

    2018.11.04

    . . . but we already knew that!

    Anthony Davis is Mr. do-it-all for New Orleans. He has been for a long, long time. And even he’s not afraid to admit it, saying that he needs to “play almost perfect every night” for the Pelicans to have a chance at the W.

    But with that statement comes big responsibility. On that Davis, 25, says he’ll be held accountable for.

    And while AD continues to say the right things about his commitment to NOLA, his future with the franchise continues to have a hovering question mark.

    Per Yahoo Sports:

    “Of course, I know that in order to win games, a lot of pressure is going to be on me,” Davis told Yahoo Sports while sitting at his locker stall Wednesday night. “If we lose, it’s on me. If we win, they give my team the credit and I’m fine with that.

    “A perfect example [was against the Warriors]. I don’t have a good game and we lose. So, I got to play almost perfect every night to give us a chance to win. But my teammates do a great job. Even the games I didn’t play, those guys have been battling night in and night out to get victories. … I don’t try to put too much pressure on myself, but I know it’s there.”

    As the lone All-Star on a squad filled with gritty competitors such as Jrue Holiday, Julius Randle and Nikola Mirotic, the Pelicans will go as far as Davis takes them.

    “Life isn’t fair,” Davis told Yahoo Sports with a smirk. “We can’t control what happens in the league. I just go out there and play. It’s nothing I can do. It is what it is at this point. I just got to go out there and trust my teammates, which I do. Those guys are great players, good defenders, good role players. They do as much as possible to help me.”

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