One really need not look further than the last time these two teams met for insight on how tonight’s game might play out. Simply put, the New Orleans Pelicans have no answers for the Washington Wizards’ offense, and present no difficult matchups for them on the defensive side of the ball. The Pelicans are a worse basketball team than the Wizards.
In the last game between these two (in New Orleans), the Wizards’ starting guards combined for 45 points on 19-35 shooting. John Wall had 19 assists. Even Markieff Morris pitched in 21 points and three 3-pointers, while forward Otto Porter made the same amount of long-rangers on his way to 13 points of his own.