The New Orleans Pelicans (8-7) have a pivotal matchup against the Denver Nuggets (10-5) tonight in the Smoothie King Center.
After having lost less than three weeks ago, it’s imperative to avoid another defeat to the same Western rival for tie-breaker reasons. New Orleans is already off to a poor 4-7 conference record while Denver sits at 6-3. If the season goes down to the wire like in the previous campaign, a win here or there against direct playoff competitors could have major seeding implications.
Fortunately for the Pelicans, they’ll have the services of Anthony Davis this time round against Nikola Jokic and his impressive averages of 21.