A look at three key numbers related to Sunday’s game at Scotiabank Arena between New Orleans and Toronto (5 p.m. Central, Bally Sports New Orleans, ESPN Radio New Orleans 100.3 FM):
1: New Orleans 2021-22 first-stringer who won’t be available Sunday. Josh Hart (not with team) is out for the interconference matchup against Toronto, making the Pelicans the latest Toronto visitor to arrive in Canada shorthanded. On Friday, Utah parked virtually its entire starting unit for its loss at Toronto, with Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic and Royce O’Neale all sitting out against the Raptors, but then all playing the next night at Indiana.