The NBA released the first half of the regular season schedule on Friday afternoon. The schedule begins on opening night on Dec. 22 and runs through early March with the second-half of the schedule to be released later in the season.
Ball and the Pelicans remain one of the most attractive teams in the league as they are slated to be on national television 19 times in the first half of the season. When Zion Williamson was healthy, most games last season had a big-game atmosphere about them. Whether that carries over into the 2020-21 season with no fans in the stadium in most venues will be an interesting storyline to follow.
Along with that, here are five of the most intriguing games of the first half of the Pelicans schedule.
