CLEVELAND – It’s one of New Orleans’ most notable victories of the 2017-18 season – a 22-point rout of the three-time defending Eastern Conference champions – but it happened so long ago, the two teams are now nearly unrecognizable. The Pelicans (43-32) will look to sweep their season series from Cleveland on Friday in a nationally-televised game on ESPN, but they probably won’t take much from the Oct. 28 matchup. Just over five months later, a total of nine players who appeared in that 123-101 final are no longer on the Cleveland and New Orleans rosters, including Dwyane Wade.
Pelicans shootaround update presented by HUB International: New Orleans, Cleveland feature strikingly different looks in second meeting of ’17-18
