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2024/25 National Basketball Association (NBA) season
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans v Boston Celtics
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Saturday, 1 February 2025
03h00
New Orleans Pelicans will battle it out with the Boston Celtics in the
National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season match on 1 February.
Head-to-Head
This will be the 49th meeting between the two teams in the regular season since their first game in 2002 when the Pelicans were established.
The Celtics have the upper hand in this rivalry having recorded 27 wins compared to the Pelicans' 21 victories from 48 matches.
Most recent meeting
The Celtics defeated the Pelicans, 120-119 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States on 13 January.
The Celtics improved to 28-11 on the season, while the Pelicans fell to 8-32.
Key Players
The Pelicans will have to find a way to stop 2022 NBA Eastern Conference finals MVP Jayson Tatum who is the first player in Celtics history to record 40+ points, 15+ boards and 10+ dimes in a game..
While Yves Missi, who had a memorial NBA debut, putting up 12 points, seven rebounds, three blocks, one assist and one steal in a 123-111 win over the Chicago Bulls in October, could be the player to help the Pelicans overcome the Celtics.
Quotes
“We didn’t play with any force,” Pelicans head coach Willie Green said after his side were blown out 123-92 by the Charlotte Hornets on 26 January.
“You’ve got to play with force against teams that are going to switch like they were doing. The dominoes fall when you run into action, you get the ball out of bounds quickly, you rebound.
"You get it up the floor quickly, you get to the paint and kick out. You gotta share the basketball. We just didn’t do a great job of those concepts tonight.”
NBA fixtures - 1-2 February
Saturday, 1 February
02:00 - Charlotte Hornets v Los Angeles Clippers
02:00 - Detroit Pistons v Dallas Mavericks
02:30 - Philadelphia 76ers v Denver Nuggets
02:30 - Toronto Raptors v Chicago Bulls
03:00 - New Orleans Pelicans v Boston Celtics
03:00 - San Antonio Spurs v Milwaukee Bucks
05:00 - Golden State Warriors v Phoenix Suns
Sunday, 2 February
00:00 - Indiana Pacers v Atlanta Hawks
00:00 - Utah Jazz v Orlando Magic
02:00 Charlotte Hornets v Denver Nuggets
03:00 - Houston Rockets v Brooklyn Nets
03:00 - Minnesota Timberwolves v Washington Wizards
03:00 - Oklahoma City Thunder v Sacramento Kings
03:30 - New York Knicks v Los Angeles Lakers
03:30 - San Antonio Spurs v Miami Heat
05:00 - Portland Trail Blazers v Phoenix Suns
22:00 - Detroit Pistons v Chicago Bulls
22:30 - Cleveland Cavaliers v Dallas Mavericks
22:30 - Toronto Raptors v Los Angeles Clippers
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