As measured by point differential, despite a 1-8 overall record in November, New Orleans has been the NBA’s eighth-best team this month in first halves, outscoring opponents by 24 points. Unfortunately for the Pelicans, they’ve been very Jekyll-and-Hyde based on intermission, because in November second halves, they’re at the bottom of the heap by a wide margin, getting outscored by 131 points (Houston ranks 29th, at a distant minus-78).
New Orleans (2-14) has led at halftime in three consecutive games, including by double digits Monday at Washington, but only prevailed Saturday vs. Memphis in that stretch. The Pelicans also grabbed a double-figure intermission edge Nov.