The New Orleans Pelicans announced today their 2024-25 regular season schedule presented by SeatGeek. The Pelicans will open the regular season at home in the Smoothie King Center against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, Oct. 23 and then will head to the West Coast to match up with Portland (Oct. 25 and 27) and Golden State (Oct. 29 and 30).
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 (March 9), at Minnesota (March 19), and at LA Clippers (April 2). TNT will broadcast three Pelicans contests – at Golden State (Oct. 29), at Phoenix (Feb. 27), and vs. LA Clippers (March 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).
Nineteen of the Pelicans’ 40 scheduled home games at the Smoothie King Center will be played on Friday (9), Saturday (3), or Sunday (7).
All home games are scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m., with the exception of one Saturday game at 6 p.m. (Dec. 7 vs. Oklahoma City), six Sunday night games at 6 p.m. (Nov. 3 vs. Atlanta; Dec. 22 vs. Denver; Feb. 23 vs. San Antonio; March 9 vs. Memphis; March 30 vs. Charlotte; April 6 vs. Orlando); two weekday contests tipping off at 8:30 p.m. (Nov. 4 vs. Portland; March 11 vs. LA Clippers); and the Sunday regular season finale scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (April 13 vs. Oklahoma City).
New Orleans will host its largest homestand of the season from Dec. 21-30, when the team faces New York, Denver, Houston, Memphis, and the LA Clippers. The Pelicans’ longest road trips are three four-game stints stretching from Oct. 25-30, Feb. 3-10, and Feb. 27-March 4.
The Pelicans are scheduled to play Western Conference opponents four times each (two home, two away), with the exception of the LA Clippers (two home, one away), Los Angeles Lakers (one home, two away), Minnesota (one home, two away), Phoenix (one home, two away), Sacramento (two home, one away) and Utah (two home, one away). New Orleans is scheduled to play Eastern Conference opponents two times each (one home, one away).
Due to the annual Emirates NBA Cup, each team currently has 80 scheduled contests. During the Knockout Rounds on days when Emirates NBA Cup games are not scheduled (Dec. 12-13 and Dec. 15-16), the 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular-season games. 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 today, 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. CT today. To purchase single game tickets, please visit https://seatgeek.com/new-orleans-pelicans-tickets.
