The New Orleans Pelicans next exhibition test comes against the Oklahoma City Thunder Friday evening. The game is scheduled to be shown on both the Pelicans and Thunder apps, or it can be heard on 99.5 FM.
While both teams are looking to get off the schneid, preseason wins and losses are of not great concern to coaching staffs. Rather, it’s much more important for the Pelicans to solve a few issues witnessed in their first preseason game, like porous defensive rotations and offensive consistency. In their loss Tuesday to the Bulls, New Orleans came out like gangbusters — scoring an incredible 46 points in the first quarter, but failed to do anything well on either side of the ball throughout the second half.