The Pelicans, fresh off a 121-116 victory in Houston last night, will look to go 2-0 in the post Anthony-Davis-doesn’t-think-he-can-win-in-New-Orleans-anymore era, but it won’t be easy. Not by a longshot. In fact, think of Thursday evening as akin to an episode of Mission Impossible.
New Orleans will be playing on the second night of a back-to-back, rely on another short bench (Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, Nikola Mirotic, Elfrid Payton and E’Twaun Moore are all out again) and welcome the Denver Nuggets, winners of five of their previous six games.