LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS AT NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
Saturday, Nov. 11 (6 p.m.)
Why it’s on the list
Is there a better NBA frontcourt matchup at the power forward and center positions than when the Pelicans and Clippers meet? In a league that’s increasingly downsizing, New Orleans and L.A. are the rare teams who boast outstanding players at both spots. Pelicans bigs Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins are perennial All-Stars, while Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan have comprised two-thirds of the Clippers’ recent leading trio (the other member, point guard Chris Paul, left for Houston this summer).