NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Pelicans announced their 2024-25 regular season schedule on Thursday.
The Pelicans will open the regular season at home in the Smoothie King Center against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, Oct. 23 and then hit the road for games with Portland (Oct. 25 and 27) and Golden State (Oct. 29 and 30) before returning to New Orleans for four consecutive home games starting with Indiana (Nov. 1).
The Pelicans will be featured on national television 13 times during the 2024-25 campaign:
- ESPN is scheduled to broadcast six Pelicans games – at Oklahoma City (Nov. 13), at Denver (Feb. 5), at Dallas (Feb. 21), vs. Memphis (Mar. 9), at Minnesota (Mar. 19), and at LA Clippers (Apr. 2).
- TNT will broadcast three Pelicans contests – at Golden State (Oct. 29), at Phoenix (Feb. 27), and vs. LA Clippers (Mar. 11).
- NBA TV will televise four Pelicans matchups – at Memphis (Nov. 29), vs. New York (Dec. 21), at Philadelphia (Jan. 10), and at Memphis (Jan. 24).
Due to the annual Emirates NBA Cup, which began last season, each team currently has 80 scheduled contests – including.
The 22 teams not qualifying for the Knockout Rounds of the NBA Cup will each play two regular-season games. According to the Pelicans, a formulaic approach will determine the matchups for these 22 games using the Group Play standings in each conference (fifth through 15th).
The losing teams from the Quarterfinals in each conference will play each other in a regular-season game on Dec. 12, 13, 15 or 16.
Single-game tickets for the 2024-25 Pelicans regular season will go on sale Thursday (Aug. 15), including Full Season Ticket Holder Pre-Sale and Partial Season Ticket Holder Pre-Sale (available now). Individual game tickets will go on sale to the general public at 3 p.m.
Single-game tickets are available for purchase via Seat Geek.
