January 16, 2020, the New Orleans Pelicans played host to the Utah Jazz in what would become the last matchup between the teams in the regular season.
The Pelicans were 9-3 over their last 12 games and starting to make a push for the eighth seed in the Western Conference, sitting just three and a half games behind Memphis.
The Jazz meanwhile were riding a 10-game winning streak and climbing from sixth to second in the west. The average margin of victory during that stretch was 12 points, with the closest game being just a two-point difference between these teams just 10 days before.