A look at three key numbers related to Monday’s game at the Smoothie King Center between Cleveland and New Orleans (7 p.m., Fox Sports New Orleans, WRNO 99.5 FM):
93.7: Defensive rating for New Orleans in its Jan. 2 visit to Cleveland, which measures how many points per 100 possessions the Pelicans allowed. That is the seventh-best defensive performance of the season by New Orleans, no small feat given that Cleveland (109.1 points per 100 possessions) is the fifth-best offensive squad in the NBA, trailing only Golden State, Toronto, Houston and San Antonio. In fairness, the Cavaliers were without Kyrie Irving on Jan.