A team that refused to quit saw their season come to an end. We stand and applaud this team.
The New Orleans Pelicans were not supposed to make the playoffs. Every significant power ranking outlet put the Pelicans out of the playoffs before the season started, ranking as low as 20th in the league according the SB Nation. The brilliant folks over at Nylon Calculus (and that is a sincere compliment) put the Pelican win total between 37 and 40. The "best case" scenario according to Ricky O'Donnell for SB Nation was that the Pelicans made the playoffs.