There couldn’t be a worse time for the New Orleans Pelicans to be taking on this murder’s row of opponents at home. While we always knew January would be the defining point of the season (if the games still mattered by then), it would have been impossible to know the path they would take to get here.
After winning only two of five games on their Eastern Conference road trip, the Pelicans now face a homestand against some of the best teams in the league: Cleveland tonight, then Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Washington. Finally, back on the road to face several of those teams a second time as February arrives.