A look at three key numbers related to Sunday’s game at Madison Square Garden between New Orleans and New York (2:30 p.m. Central, Fox Sports New Orleans, WRNO 99.5 FM):
10-5: New Orleans record this season against the Eastern Conference, but one of those handful of defeats occurred Dec. 30 in the Smoothie King Center against New York, a 105-103 loss. It was a poor-shooting evening for both teams, with the Knicks holding Anthony Davis (11/24) and DeMarcus Cousins (9/19) to inefficient games from the field. The Pelicans are 5-0 against the Central Division in 2017-18, beating each of the five clubs from that division once, but just 2-3 vs.