The Pelicans have not beaten the Washington Wizards in New Orleans since 2011, enroute to 7 straight losses overall, and tonight does not look too encouraging a time to break that streak. Given the 5-16 start to the season, the Pels really needed a couple a days off to practice and work on improving something, anything that could help turn this season around. At first it seemed injuries were the main culprit, but with the return of all but Quincy Pondexter, the problems with this team are starting to look much deeper rooted than that.
Washington has had a disappointing start to the season as well, sitting at 9-11 and just 11th in the East after making it to the conference semi-finals last season.