NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Pelicans have 12 games left to tweak the chemistry of their high-energy NBA experiment -- how best to twin Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins into an explosive tandem that recently has shown promising signs.
The Memphis Grizzlies (40-30) have 12 games left to make a final push for one of the Western Conference's top four playoff seeds, which would guarantee them home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The teams collide Tuesday night at the Smoothie King Center, and the interesting thing is that both clubs have their production arrows pointing straight north.