The New Orleans Pelicans’ backs are up against the wall and they know it.
“We played a bad game last game, so we have to come out and improve on that and know that this game means a lot,” Derrick Favors said after shootaround this morning. “This is a big game for both teams, like I said, and we need it. The sense of urgency is there; we need this game.”
“I think it’s really just – we’ve just got to win,” JJ Redick said after shootaround this morning. “If we sort of take care of business on our end, then we feel like we’ll be in a position to be in the play-in game, whatever that looks like.