The Pelicans are heading to Utah for their 36th road game of the season.
On virtually any day of this season, New Orleans fans reading that sentence would inevitably assume a loss was on the horizon, and for good reason. An 11-24 record away from the Smoothie King Center is the biggest non-unibrow blemish on this season, and will likely be the primary reason they miss the playoffs.
But today is no ordinary day!
Last night, on the second game of a back-to-back after defeating the Phoenix Suns the night before, Julius Randle and Jrue Holiday led the Pelicans a mile above sea level to take down the league’s best home team, the Denver Nuggets, 120-112.