A look at three key numbers related to Sunday’s game at the Smoothie King Center between Boston and New Orleans (2:30 p.m. Central, ABC, ESPN Radio New Orleans 100.3 FM):
126.8: New Orleans offensive rating over its past five games, which ranks third in the NBA since Feb. 12, behind only Dallas (134.5) and Brooklyn (127.7). That’s the good news. The bad news, as Stan Van Gundy discussed after Saturday’s practice, is that the Pelicans have not been able to capitalize on that prolific offense, winning just once during the five-game span. “You only get one win out of it, which I think tells you pretty clearly that offense is not the problem,” Van Gundy said.