Coming off a win against the top team in the Eastern Conference, the New Orleans Pelicans travel to take on one of the teams at the bottom of the Western Conference.
The Pelicans defeated Toronto, who was 12-1 prior to the loss to the Pelicans, on Monday and are not set to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday.
It will be Minnesota’s first game with newly-acquired players Robert Covington and Dario Saric, who were picked up in the Jimmy Butler trade that became official Monday with the Philadelphia 76ers. Covington and Saric were introduced on Tuesday.
Covington, an NBA All-Defensive first team selection a season ago, is averaging 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds this season while Saric is putting up 11.1 points and 6.6 rebounds a night.
The Pelicans list Elfrid Payton and Nikola Mirotic as questionable with sprained right ankles.
What: New Orleans Pelicans at Minnesota Timberwolves
When: Wednesday at 7 p.m. central time
Where: Target Center
TV channel: ESPN
Streaming info: WatchESPN
New Orleans (7-6) projected starters:
· G Jrue Holiday (19.5 ppg, 9.2 apg, 4.5 rpg, 1.6 spg)
· G E’Twaun Moore (14.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.2 apg)
· SF Wesley Johnson (6.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg)
· PF Anthony Davis (24.6 ppg, 12.9 rpg, 4.9 apg, 3.0 bpg, 1.4 spg)
· PF Julius Randle (17.9 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.5 apg)
Minnesota (5-9) projected starters:
· G Derrick Rose (19.2 ppg, 4.8 apg, 3.5 rpg)
· G Jeff Teague (14.1 ppg, 7.4 apg, 2.3 rpg)
· F Andrew Wiggins (16.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.0 apg)
· F Taj Gibson (11.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.4 apg)
· C Karl-Anthony Towns (20.3 ppg, 11.6 rpg, 2.1 bpg)