After a brief zenith of optimism where the Wolves were playing some of the best basketball of the season, the team has now dropped two games in a row, both on the road against the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics. The Wolves have not looked particularly bad, and the thin roster is still short-handed without Jeff Teague, but tonight is an important game for the Wolves to win.
The Pelicans are one of the Western Conference foes that the Wolves need to consistently beat in order to maintain their status as the best of the rest in the West.