I would say def not a good look. He is suspended and the Pelicans win with ease.
Have you seen Jrue Holiday's numbers since the trade?
http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.ssf/2017/03/jrue_holiday_was_more_like_jru.html#incart_river_home
Jrue Holiday 'was more like Jrue' in Pelicans 109-86 win vs. Pistons
Since the Pelicans traded for All-Star DeMarcus Cousins, guard Jrue Holiday has scored in double figures just once. His coach told him to just be himself and be more aggressive on the offensive end of the floor.
"He just kept on talking about it and obviously when your coach tells you something over and over and over it kind of resonates so that's what I tried to do," Holiday said.
It was especially important Holiday find his groove as the Pelicans were riding a three-game skid and playing without Cousins, who served a suspension after receiving his 18th technical foul Sunday.
The message must have been received as Holiday finished with 22 points in the Pelicans' 109-86 win against the Pistons.
"He told me before the game, he said 'I got you tonight,'" said Pelicans star Anthony Davis who finished with 33 points and 14 rebounds. "He went out there and was very aggressive and that's what we are going to need from him if we want to make this push fro the playoffs."
Holiday scored the first four points for the Pelicans and even though he finished the first half with just six points, it was evident he was looking to score more. In the second half he found his groove, scoring 16 on 7-of-9 shooting.
"I thought he had more of a flow to his game than he's had," said Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry. "I thought he was just aggressive and did the things that we are accustomed to seeing him do."
Gentry said the team would need more nights like this from Holiday when Cousins returns. When asked what he needed to do to have more performances like this one with Cousins on the floor, Holiday replied:
"Play the same way. Obviously with him there should be even more wide open shots so just take the shot, don't pass them up and I guess just try to make a play."
Holiday wasn't the only Pelicans to step up in Cousins absence. During the three-game losing streak only one other player besides Cousins and Davis had reached double figures: waived Omri Casspi vs. Houston, Holiday vs. Dallas and E'twaun Moore against Oklahoma City.
Wednesday night against Detroit, Moore scored 11, Alexis Ajinca scored 10 and Dante Cunningham, who was elevated to the starting lineup in Cousins' absence, added 16.
Gentry said he hoped that his team would continue to knock down shots like they did Wednesday night when Cousins returns Friday vs. the San Antonio Spurs at 8:30 p.m. in the Smoothie King Center.
