The New Orleans Pelicans came through on a must win against the Boston Celtics. Now, they are in the middle of a three-way tie with Utah and San Antonio at 40-30. There are 12 games left in the regular season and the Pels will play four of those games this week. Of course, this marks the makeup game with Indiana which will result in a back-to-back-to-back on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
The teams the Pels will play this week is split between two above 500 teams in Indiana on Wednesday and Houston (again) on Saturday. The two remaining teams are below 500 in Dallas on Tuesday and the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.