Throw predictability, numbers, analysis, all out the window.
The New Orleans Pelicans have ridden the most improbable path, which no one outside of Airline Highway could have seen it all coming. And yet, here they are, a sixth seed with a decisive 2-0 lead over the reeling Portland Trailblazers.
22 ESPN panelists chose the third-seeded Blazers. Not only were the Pelicans supposed to lose this series, they were lucky to even get here. Speaking of which...
Simple recap of how the Pelicans got here
- The Pelicans front office led by Dell Demps and Head Coach Alvin Gentry received the slightest of favor from Mickey Loomis and the rest of Airline Drive to continue on in the 2017/18 season last May.