A pair of former No. 1 overall picks from Kentucky go at it Tuesday night in the Verizon Center
Coming into this NBA season. Pelicans at Wizards would've been appointment television. Washington was on that secondary tier of Eastern Conference teams trying to ascend and dethrone Cleveland; New Orleans, of course, was expected to be on the rise after clinching the 8th seed in last season's playoffs.
But sports tends to reflect life's unpredictability and neither team has lived up to lofty preseason expectations. Instead of jockeying for playoff seeding in their respective conferences, New Orleans and Washington are are currently competing against each other for more ping pong balls.