The New Orleans Pelicans are running out of time. Mired in a tough eight game stretch with only 20 games left in the season, the Pelicans don’t have games to waste.
They have lost three in a row and are only 5-5 in their last ten overall, hardly inspiring basketball for a team that many had penciled in for a first round matchup with the Lakers.
The young Pelicans seemed to get a bit ahead of themselves, and overlooked a couple of bad teams that they should have beaten.
They do have the third easiest remaining schedule in the NBA, but games aren’t played on paper, as the Pelicans found out the hard way against Minnesota Tuesday night.