The New Orleans Pelicans will tip-off against the Dallas Mavericks in less than an hour’s time, and they’ll remain short-handed. In addition to missing Elfrid Payton (finger), Alvin Gentry will be without another starter, Nikola Mirotic (illness).
Apparently, Niko’s got one of the bad strains of the flu! In his place, Julius Randle will start once more, and Gentry said that he expects Cheick Diallo will get some run tonight. In Monday’s loss to the Clippers, the head coach went with an eight-man rotation which only included Darius Miller, Solomon Hill and Wesley Johnson off the bench.