The New Orleans Pelicans (6-10) host the Milwaukee Bucks (11-6) with subplots aplenty and the opportunity to do something that they haven’t done since the turn of the new year — win consecutive games.
First, the headliner. Jrue Holiday, perhaps the most beloved player in franchise history, will enter the Smoothie King Center as a visitor for the second time. The last was during the preseason, a game New Orleans won handily.
This time, it counts. His former teammates can’t afford to be misty eyed. Playing alongside two-time reigning Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokoumpo, and All-Star Khris Middleton, Holiday is averaging 15.