Isn't this just the schedule they told us they were go with the whole time and that you dismissed out of hand? Everybody plays the teams that were left on their schedule. The Pelicans had played the strongest schedule in the league prior to the stoppage and had the softest remaining schedule (http://powerrankingsguru.com/nba/str...f-schedule.php). So they're just getting what was coming their way if the season hadn't stopped, up against the teams they were supposed to play. Same with the Blazers.