Long odds for Pelicans vs. 76ers because of scheduling imbalance

The New Orleans Pelicans will play the Philadelphia 76ers on the road tonight in a makeup game for one that had to be cancelled earlier in the season.

The original game was postponed because the 76ers didn’t have enough players, a courtesy the NBA seems to mostly be affording to contending teams in marquee matchups.

The Pelicans obviously don’t count by that measure, so were forced into a weird scheduling snafu that has them playing three back-to-backs in a row for six games in nine days.

So even though it was Philly that had to cancel the game, it’s the Pelicans who will be forced to play two nights in a row, while the 76ers haven’t played since Sunday.

Look, it is what it is and all teams have had some amount of scheduling issues this season with so many players missing time due to COVID. The Wells Fargo Center is also in use in the days around this game, so there weren’t a ton of options.

But this road game in Philly was going to be tough enough without it being the tail…

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