A few days at home was all the New Orleans Pelicans needed to at least temporarily turn their season around. Now one of the league's hottest teams will have to tangle with the defending champions to keep it going.
The Pelicans spent most of this season digging out of an 0-8 start to the season, but they enter Cleveland on Monday winners of four straight to match their longest streak of the season. They went 4-1 on a recently concluded homestand that coach Alvin Gentry said would be key in keeping the Pelicans on the cusp of playoff contention.