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Tyreke Evans (illness) will play Wednesday against Brooklyn, though he admitted he's still not 100 percent. "I'm not 100 percent yet, but I'm getting there," Evans said. "I feel better today. Hopefully I can help us out more and have my energy back. We'll

Evans (illness) will play Wednesday against Brooklyn, though he admitted he's still not 100 percent. "I'm not 100 percent yet, but I'm getting there," Evans said. "I feel better today. Hopefully I can help us out more and have my energy back. We'll see how it goes. I couldn't breathe (at times during Monday's game) and was having chest pains. They gave me some medicine and I definitely felt better this morning, (but) I haven't really run up and down to see how it feels yet."

Analysis:

Evans fell ill prior to Monday's game against Toronto, but he played through the sickness to finish with 13 points and 12 assists in 34 minutes. He'll be heavily relied upon again Wednesday, as well as for the foreseeable future, as the Pelicans released a statement revealing Jrue Holiday (leg) will miss at least another couple of weeks with a stress reaction injury. That means Evans will continue to fill in for Holiday with Norris Cole as the only other healthy, true point guard on the roster.

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