When we last left the Pelicans had just suffered a loss at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies. We all pained our faces in that hated purple and gold for a few hours hoping that maybe the Suns could give us the advantage we were looking for in the standings. We received no such look though and the Suns didn't show up to play in NOLA.

After a Thunder win over the Kings, the two team were dead even again. Pelican's still have that tie breaker thanks to a 35 foot prayer by Anthony Davis that was answered. That led us to tonight. Pacers were lined up against the Thunder, Indiana in a heated playoff race of their own.

The Thunder couldn't pull it out even though the Westbrook tied the franchise high in points with 54. After the Oklahoma City game ended the Pelicans were leading the Rockets by nine in the 3rd. Things looked down yet again but the Thunder, much like they have all year, caught another break. Houston shut down the Pelican's in the 4th quarter and again left the teams in a dead even race for 8th.

New Orleans are up against the Timberwolves who are seeing their loss number pile up as they are hoping for another good draft position going into next year. Should be an easy win for NOLA.

The Thunder have Portland. Unfortunately for the Thunder Russell Westbrook got his 16th technical of the season and will be sitting out of the game. The NBA could take a look at the tape and remove the technical from Westbrook to allow him to play against the Trailblazers but it seems unlikely. Our hopes are in the hands of the Timberwolves... Yikes.

This could be the end of the road for the Oklahoma City Thunder. A win for those liquor ingested birds from NOLA and another loss for the crippled Thunder finally eliminates them from playoff contention mathematically. We need Andrew Wiggins to show up huge.

Pelican watch takes off tomorrow night... for maybe the last time.