The New Orleans Pelicans (9-18) play the Houston Rockets (19-7) Friday night in the Toyota Center. The game is scheduled to tip-off at 7:00 pm local time and can be seen on Fox Sports New Orleans or Root Spots Southwest, or heard over the airwaves on WRNO 99.5FM.
Last night, the Pelicans were victorious over the Indiana Pacers largely because of inspired play during crunch time — an extreme rarity this season. In the final 5 minutes of the game, New Orleans outscored Indiana by a 17-7 margin; Anthony Davis went supernova and both Buddy Hield and Jrue Holiday were excellent in support.