1) After a day off following a back-to-back, New Orleans (14-14) returns to game action tonight at 7 p.m., hosting Milwaukee. Tickets for Bucks-Pelicans are available here. Anthony Davis, Dante Cunningham and Jameer Nelson are all listed as questionable on the team’s injury report.
2) The Pelicans are attempting to move over .500 both overall and at home in the Smoothie King Center, where they are 7-7.
3) Each Wednesday in this space we’ll take a closer look at the Western Conference standings and race. New Orleans enters a busy Wednesday around the NBA in seventh place, 0.