New Orleans Pelicans: Best Games to Watch this Season

BROOKLYN, NY - JUNE 20: Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett shake hands before the 2019 NBA Draft on June 20, 2019 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Michael J. LeBrecht II/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 8: Darius Miller #21 of the New Orleans Pelicans shoots the ball during the game against the Toronto Raptors on March 9, 2019 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images) /

Opening night vs. Toronto Raptors

The Pelicans will kick off the entire NBA season in Canada, taking on the defending World Champion Toronto Raptors. Not only is this a massive night for the hometown Raptors as they will raise their first championship banner in franchise history, but also a chance for a young and hungry Pelicans squad to come in to the champs city and “punch em’ in the mouth”. The Pelicans are one of the younger teams in the NBA and if the Raptors come out flat-footed fresh off a championship last season, the Pelicans have a chance to take the NBA world by storm on opening night with a win in “The Six”. What better way for the Raptors to start a new era post Kawhi Leonard than to face the next up and coming superstar of the NBA in Zion Williamson and the new look Pelicans. You know what they say, “To be the man, you gotta beat the man”.

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