Brandon Ingram will miss his fourth straight contest, as he remains out of action with a right sprained ankle, when the Pelicans tip against the Celtics at 6:00 p.m.
New Orleans will also be without Jonas Valanciunas for a third consecutive game. He is out with a non-Covid related illness.
The Pelicans fell 104-92 in Boston less than two weeks ago — when they had their top two leading scorers active. Here’s to the next man-up philosophy of finding a way to break the team’s current two-game losing streak, though one should be confident in penciling in production from two Pelicans.