1) Due to a player shortage on the Philadelphia side, Sunday’s game between the Pelicans and 76ers was postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
2) Speaking of scheduling, Week 10 of the NBA slate for New Orleans (10-21) features a Tuesday home game vs. Portland (13-18), followed by road games at Orlando (6-25) and Oklahoma City (9-19) on Thursday and Sunday, respectively. As is tradition, there are no NBA games on Christmas Eve, but a handful of contests on Christmas.
3) After going 7-5 in its last dozen games, New Orleans has moved within three games of the final play-in tournament spot in the Western Conference.