The New Orleans Pelicans will face-off against the Miami Heat tonight at the Smoothie King Center. This game has playoff implications. The 9th place Los Angeles Clippers fell to the Golden State Warriors last night. This puts the Pelicans a full game above the Clippers in the Western Conference standings.
The Miami Heat are coming into tonight’s game with a record of 30-28. Like the Pelicans, the Miami Heat are the eighth seed of the Eastern Conference. The Heat have a team without an elite superstar. Point guard Goran Dragic made the All-Star team due to the Injury to New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis.