If not for a disaster against the Phoenix Suns, on national television no less, the New Orleans Pelicans actually had a pretty good week. Facing a daunting five game road stretch spanning three time zones with a team that left the Crescent City 1-10 away from home rarely results in a positive.
Instead the Pelicans scratched together a 2-3 record. Two of those losses, at the Chicago Bulls (on the second night of a back-to-back) and at the Portland Trail Blazers, were by just four points a piece. Victories in the altitude at Salt Lake City and Denver for a team based below sea level have been few and far between.