A little more than a month into the 2017-18 regular season, the New Orleans Pelicans are exceeding a lot of expectations around the league.
After notching two impressive wins over the Thunder and Spurs this week, the Pelicans are surging at a time when many teams predicted to finish ahead of them in the standings are dropping like flies. While New Orleans is 7-3 over their last ten games, the Clippers, Grizzlies and Jazz have combined to win just six games during the same span.
Injuries to Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert, Danilo Gallinari and Patrick Beverley have substantially hurt L.