The Pelicans, the cellar dweller in the Western Conference, will battle the Thunder, a team sitting right above them in the NBA standings.
The current ordering makes sense. No squad got off to a slower start this season than New Orleans, who lost 12 of their first 13 games. Additionally, they’ve already lost to OKC, a 108-100 defeat that witnessed several players lose their cool — the Pelicans were whistled for five technical fouls, with Josh Hart’s two, that resulted in an ejection, leading the way.
Flaring tempers have thankfully proven to be a rarity, but the bigger observation to note from the last matchup is that Brandon Ingram didn’t participate.