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New Orleans Pelicans seek to repeat upset of Houston Rockets despite missing several key components

It's going to take an even more special effort without the services of DeMarcus Cousins or Rajon Rondo, but then again, we did just witness the University of Maryland, Baltimore County pull off the unthinkable!

By Oleh Kosel
Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
2017-18 NBA Regular Season
 vs
39-29 (18-14 Home)
54-14 (27-8 Away)
March 17, 2017, 6:00 PM Central
Smoothie King Center - New Orleans, LA
FSNO
WRNO 99.5 FM
Projected Starters
Jrue Holiday PG Chris Paul
DeAndre Liggins SG James Harden
E'Twaun Moore SF Trevor Ariza
Anthony Davis PF P.J. Tucker
Emeka Okafor C Clint Capela
Advanced Stats (2017-18) via NBA Stats
102.67 (3rd) Pace 100.06 (13th)
107.5 (8th) ORtg 113.2 (2nd)
106.5 (16th) DRtg 104.1 (7th)
+1.0 (14th) Net Rating +9.1 (2nd)

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