The Milwaukee Bucks have put a slow start behind them and are playing some of their best basketball of the season. They'll face another team that is playing better of late when they visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.

CJ McCollum is not looking at this as a lost season for the struggling New Orleans Pelicans. When the Pelicans play the host Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, McCollum will be coming off his second 45-plus-point performance this month.

The Milwaukee Bucks have played better basketball after the atrocious start to the 2024-25 NBA season but they could be one piece away from seriously contending for a championship. We have collected a priority list of targets the Bucks have going right now.

Milwaukee Bucks (24-17, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (12-32, 14th in the Western Conference) New Orleans; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans hosts the Milwaukee Bucks after CJ McCollum scored 45 points in the New Orleans Pelicans' 123-119 overtime win over the Utah Jazz.

McCollum has shouldered more of the scoring load in games the Pelicans have been without Zion Williamson. He is averaging 30.6 points in January in the seven games Williamson has missed. McCollum is averaging just 13 points in the four games Williamson also played.

The NBA has postponed Wednesday night’s game in New Orleans between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans after a historic winter storm dumped about a foot of snow in the Big Easy.

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New Orleans Pelicans (12-32, 14th in the Western Conference) New Orleans; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans hosts the Milwaukee Bucks after CJ McCollum scored 45 points in the New ...

The New Orleans Pelicans are gratified by a franchise-record comeback victory that shows they're not giving in to the misfortune that defined the first two months of their season.

The Bucks are currently 8-10 on the road with a point differential of +3, while the Pelicans have a 4-6 record in their last ten games at home.

T he Milwaukee Bucks take their show on the road tonight to the wonderful state of Louisiana, where they will face the New Orleans Pelicans… who are now competent. Just Bucks fa