[Lopez] How Brandon Ingram is building an NBA home in New Orleans

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NEW ORLEANS -- It's Dec. 5, and the New Orleans Pelicans, losers of six straight games, are hosting the Phoenix Suns. Early in the first quarter, Kelly Oubre Jr., streaking down the court on a fast break, gathers a pass from Ricky Rubio, takes one dribble and rises toward the rim.

Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram doesn't appear to have a path to stop Oubre from slamming it home, but he leaps from outside the restricted line to try to block the dunk. He's unsuccessful.

Oubre draws Ingram's second foul just 3:20 into the game. Ingram heads to the bench for the remainder of the quarter. Josh Hart, his teammate in New Orleans and Los Angeles, tells Ingram he should have let Oubre go so the Pelicans' leading scorer could stay on the court.

But Ingram wasn't having it. He wasn't going to let Oubre get a free dunk.

"He was like, 'Nah, as the leader I have to go set the tone so someone else will go do that,'" Hart said. "That's the kind of leader and person he is."

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How Brandon Ingram is building an NBA home in New Orleans - ESPN