The New Orleans Pelicans need to make amends Saturday night for two awful slip-ups against the Minnesota Timberwolves earlier this season.
In late January, the Pels fell 120-110 in Minnesota and then the Timberwolves slaughtered New Orleans on their home floor in March by a final score of 135-105.
Those two defeats came at the hands of a very bad team.
In their first 50 games on the schedule, the Wolves managed a league-worst 12 victories. Their offense and defense ranked in the bottom five. They shot poorly from two-point range (50.