When asked about an injury or something medically related, Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers will often quip that he's not a doctor. When it comes to diagnosing basketball-related maladies, the San Antonio Spurs' Gregg Popovich might be suited for the stethoscope. "If you don't know what you need to work on, after you play them, you'll know," New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said before his team's matchup with the Spurs at AT&T Center. "They have a way of exposing your weaknesses." After a 98-79 loss, Gentry offered a simple conclusion: "You turn the ball over against them, they make you pay." The Spurs finished with 19 points off of 10 Pelicans turnovers. It was even worse in the first half, when the Spurs turned seven turnovers into 15 points. "That's what they want. And they always capitalize," Anthony Davis said. "We had seven turnovers in the first half, and they scored on every turnover -- 15 points. We can't allow ourselves to do stuff like that." Both Davis and Gentry seemed to be focusing on the immediate. But Solomon Hill, the team's biggest offseason acquisition, saw the Pelicans' struggles against the Spurs as an opportunity to define themselves. After their third straight defeat to open the 2016-17 season, Hill's impassioned voice could be heard through the walls outside of the Pelicans' locker room. - See more at: http://www.espn.com.au/blog/new-orl...y-to-establish-new-identity-after-rough-start
