Following a couple of days without game action, the New Orleans Pelicans should be raring to go for the stretch run. Six contests remain on the schedule and the Pels are within 1.5 games of the Spurs who are clinging to the final play-in spot in the Western Conference.
Overtaking San Antonio won’t be easy despite their current five-game slide and difficult remaining schedule. Having beaten New Orleans twice in three matchups, the Spurs own the tiebreaker. Moreover, five of New Orleans’ six games left on the docket will take place on the road and the Pelicans have struggled away from SKC — Friday’s contest is going to be a doozy of a challenge.