1) New Orleans (18-28) tries to cap its season-long seven-game homestand with a 6-1 record tonight, hosting the Memphis Grizzlies (28-20) at 7 p.m. Tickets are available here.
2) For more on tonight’s game, listen to Monday’s Black & Blue Report later, featuring Grizzlies radio voice Eric Hasseltine. Pregame coverage tonight on WRNO 99.5 FM with host Daniel Sallerson begins at 6:30. There is also a live postgame call-in show after every game. Fans may call (504) 593-4910 to talk about the game and the team, or tweet comments to @dsallerson on Twitter.
3) The Pelicans are 3.5 games out of eighth place in the Western Conference behind Portland (23-26), but also only 5 behind seventh-place Houston (25-25). Utah (21-25) and Sacramento (20-27) are in ninth and 10th place in the West.
4) In case you missed it, New Orleans won a thriller Saturday over Brooklyn, 105-103, on Jrue Holiday’s game-winning jumper with 1.3 seconds left.
5) Watch highlights from Pelicans-Nets.