That isn’t ideally the type of schedule a team wants to see when they’re trying to make up ground while struggling to secure a playoff spot.
Even when all signs pointed to it, perhaps this wasn’t the Pelicans year after all.
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New Orleans Pelicans (39-34)
Last week: 2-1
Last rank: 12
The New Orleans Pelicans have dropped five of their last eight games – and their opportunity of stealing the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference away from the Oklahoma City Thunder could soon end. Especially when they have a stretch of games coming up where they have to play the Blazers, Warriors, Grizzlies, Suns and Rockets on consecutive occasions.
That isn’t ideally the type of schedule a team wants to see when they’re trying to make up ground while struggling to secure a playoff spot.
Even when all signs pointed to it, perhaps this wasn’t the Pelicans year after all.
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