Does life imitate video games, or does video games imitate life itself? That’s the big philosophical question posed by DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis on Sunday, when they inadvertently mimicked each others’ motions as though they were NBA2K characters for a few seconds, while running down the court during overtime of the New Orleans Pelicans' 123-118 road win against the New York Knicks.
Boogie and Davis got the same @NBA2K animation 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/xRXPUjrxc5
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) January 15, 2018
That was just the latest of what seems to be a weird phenomenon sweeping the NBA today. It was not long ago, when the Houston Rockets pair of Chris Paul and Trevor Ariza hilariously turned their heads like two hand puppets during a timeout. Still, the best of them all remains that of the Phoenix Suns, who had multiple players turn and run down the floor with the ridiculous preciseness and choreography of an Olympic gymnast team.
How many times does this have to happen before the NBA constructs an investigative body, whose sole purpose is to explain how this has become a thing in the league? We need answers to that just as much as we want to know why New Orleans is only 22-20 despite having the best frontcourt combo in the NBA.
Apart from that, Cousins and Davis were also in sync in this game in terms of destroying the Knicks. Boogie scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, to go with a career-high seven steals. Davis, on the other hand, had a bigger night, scoring 48 points and pulling down 17 boards.
Up next for the Pelicans is a tilt with the Boston Celtics in Beantown, where New Orleans has not won in three trips there since 2014.
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