A look at three key numbers related to Wednesday’s game at Ball Arena between New Orleans at Denver (8 p.m. Central, Bally Sports New Orleans, ESPN Radio New Orleans 100.3 FM):
3.5: Games behind No. 10 Golden State (31-31) in the Western Conference play-in race for New Orleans (27-34), with 11 regular season games remaining. There are three head-to-head matchups left, which means the Pelicans now technically “control their own destiny” with the Warriors, but that’s only precisely applicable if New Orleans goes undefeated in its final 11 games – not exactly a likely event, considering the team’s longest winning streak over the past three seasons is four.