The Pelicans are falling deeper and deeper into a lost season. The once beacon of hope - remaining just 3.5 games out of the eighth seed, has ballooned to 6.5 games out. Quincy Pondexter is now out for the season with lingering knee issues and Anthony Davis has been out the last two games after launching himself to save a loose ball, injuring his back in the process.
And last night, the Pelicans, rather unsurprisingly at this point, lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, an awful team, but a team filled with young talent like D'Angelo Russell, Larry Nance Jr.