The Pelicans (4-9) take on another early disappointing team in the Portland Trail Blazers (5-8 record prior to Monday’s game against HOU) Tuesday night at the Smoothie King Center (7 p.m., FS New Orleans). There’ll be many impact players missing the game due to injury, but there’ll also be one big shiny new star in uniform for the Blazers: Carmelo Anthony.
Melo will be playing in his first NBA contest since a failed early-season experiment with the Houston Rockets last year.
But first, the injury report: the Pels are down number 1 draft pick Zion Williamson and sharpshooter Darius Miller, but we already knew about them.