The Pelicans Announce their 2023-24 Regular Season Schedule
The New Orleans Pelicans have officially announced their 2023-24 regular season schedule presented by SeatGeek.
The team will open the regular season on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, October 25 and then will return to New Orleans for their home opener against the New York Knicks on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Smoothie King Center.
The Pelicans' games will be featured on national television 12 times during the season, with ESPN broadcasting four—at Oklahoma City (Nov. 1), at Golden State (Jan. 10), at LA Clippers (Feb. 7), and vs. Miami (Feb. 23). TNT will broadcast two Pelicans contests - vs. Memphis (Dec. 19) and at Sacramento (Apr. 11). NBA TV will televise six Pelicans games - vs. New York (Oct. 28), vs. Golden State (Oct. 30), at L.A. Lakers (Feb. 9), at Miami (Mar. 22), vs. Milwaukee (Mar. 28), and vs. Boston (Mar. 30). The rest of the Pelicans' games can be streamed via the official NBA app.
The Pelicans are scheduled to play Western Conference opponents four times each (2 home, 2 away), with the exception of Denver (1 home, 2 away), Golden State (1 home, 2 away), L.A. Lakers (2 home, 1 away), Oklahoma City (2 home, 1 away), Phoenix (2 home, 1 away), and Portland (1 home, 2 away). New Orleans is scheduled to play Eastern Conference opponents two times each (1 home, 1 away).
Nineteen of the Pelicans' 40 scheduled home games at the Smoothie King Center will be played on Friday (9), Saturday (6), or Sunday (4).
Two nationally televised games which will tip-off at 6:30 p.m. (Dec. 19 vs. Memphis) and 9:00 p.m. (Feb. 23 vs. Miami); one Saturday contest at 4:00 p.m. (Mar. 30 vs. Boston); five Saturday night games at 6:00 p.m. (Oct. 28 vs. New York; Nov. 4 vs. Atlanta; Nov. 18 vs. Minnesota; Dec. 23 vs. Houston; Mar. 16 vs. Portland); three Sunday contests tipping off at 6:00 p.m. (Nov. 12 vs. Dallas; Dec. 31 vs. L.A. Lakers; Feb. 25 vs. Chicago); and the Sunday regular season finale scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (Apr. 14 vs. L.A. Lakers). The rest of the Pelicans' home games at the Smoothie King Center will tip off at 7:00 p.m.
The Pelicans' have two six-game homestands, their largest of the season. The first is from Nov. 12-22 when the team hosts Dallas twice, Denver, Minnesota, and Sacramento twice. The second comes Mar. 26-Apr. 5, when the Pelicans host Oklahoma City, Milwaukee, Boston, Phoenix, Orlando, and San Antonio.
The Pelicans' longest road trip stretches from Jan. 7-15 when the team travels to play Sacramento, Golden State, Denver, and Dallas (twice).
Due to the NBA's inaugural In-Season Tournament, each team currently has 80 scheduled contests. Each of the 22 teams that do not advance to the Quarterfinals of the In-Season Tournament will be assigned two regular-season games (one home game and one away game) that will be played on Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 8. Two of the 22 games will be scheduled cross-conference as there will be an odd number of teams in each conference that do not advance to the Quarterfinals. These games will be scheduled between bottom-finishing teams in Group Play subject to travel constraints, and no team will play more than one of its two games cross-conference. The other 20 games will be scheduled within conference featuring teams that are otherwise scheduled to play each other three times over the course of the season wherever possible. The losing teams in the Quarterfinals in each conference will play each other in a regular-season game on Dec. 8.
Tickets for the 2023-24 Pelicans regular season are on sale August 17th, including Full Season Ticket Holder Presale (available now), Partial Season Ticket Holder Presale (2:30 p.m. CST), and single game purchases (3 p.m. CST). Full season ticket plans and partial season ticket plans are available here. To purchase single game tickets, please visit https://seatgeek.com/new-orleans-pelicans-tickets.
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