The New Orleans Pelicans have joined the high-scoring elite and this season’s best revelation may pay off handsomely come April.
On this Christmas Day, the Pelicans have the seventh highest ranked offense in the league. If they can largely maintain that position, it’ll mark just the third time in franchise history that New Orleans finishes a season inside the top 10. Incidentally, the Pelicans made the playoffs in both of those previous two instances.
New Orleans currently sits in the top 5 in points (110.6), field goal percentage (48.9%), three-point percentage (38.4%), effective field goal percentage (55.