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Travel desk · 2026-27

New Orleans Pelicans 2026-27 Travel Map and Road Trips

The New Orleans Pelicans schedule includes 55,528 travel miles, 46h of time-zone change, and 16 back-to-backs.

Updated Sep 5, 2026, 7:01 AM EDT

55,528Season miles1st in NBA
46hZone shift5th in NBA
16Back-to-backs1st in NBA
163-in-4s1st in NBA
7Longest trip (games)4,092 mi

Route desk

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Miles shown
55,528 mi
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55,528 mi
Apr 11, 2027New OrleansHome · 1,433 mi
Long-haul routesThese stops fall beyond this North America map.
  1. MiamiParis4,571 mi
  2. ParisManchester377 mi
  3. ManchesterNew Orleans4,501 mi

Route lines use venue coordinates. The map does not invent a path for stops outside its frame.

Schedule-context performance

Final regular-season games · 2025-26

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26-56Season record
82Final games
−4.5Avg margin
SituationRecordAvg marginVs. seasonLg rank
Back-to-backs0 full local rest days4-11−7.9−3.421 / 30
Long travel1,500+ miles since the prior scheduled game0-4−7.8−3.3—
Rest disadvantage0 rest days; opponent had at least 13-8−8.2−3.718 / 30
Body-clock shift2+ hours from home time1-7−7.1−2.620 / 30
Dense windowEnds a 3-in-4, 4-in-6, or 5-in-78-24−5.1−0.614 / 30
Extended rest3+ full rest days1-3−8.5−4.0—
Rest edgeOpponent on 0 rest days; team had at least 12-6−10.0−5.529 / 30
How it's counted

Average margin is team points minus opponent points. Conditions can overlap.

Long travel is 1,500 miles or more, measured great-circle venue-to-venue from the prior scheduled game; body clock is measured from home time.

League rank is on the vs.-season column, so it measures how well a team held its own level rather than how good the team is; situations with fewer than five games go unranked. These descriptive splits are not causal estimates.

Season travel by month

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Season calendar

MilesRestFatigue

Oct

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Nov

12@MEM34UTA56MIN78@LAC9@GSW1011BKN1213MEM14DEN1516GSW1718DET1920@OKC21@SAS2223PHX24252627@LAC2829@POR30@SAC

Dec

12LAL345678910111213@SAC14@LAL1516NYK1718SAC1920SAS21MEM2223OKC242526@BKN2728@TOR2930@DET31LAL

Jan

12MIA34DAL56POR78ORL910@MIA11121314SAS151617SAS181920OKC2122DAL232425CLE2627@HOU28PHI2930@CLE31

Feb

1@PHI2@ORL34@WAS56@CHI78@IND910@ATL1112HOU1314LAC1516@POR17@GSW1819202122232425PHX2627@PHX28

Mar

1UTA23@HOU45MIL6@MEM78@MIN910@CHA1112TOR13@DAL141516MIN1718CHA19HOU2021@BOS2223@NYK242526@DAL2728BOS293031@MIL

Apr

123@OKC45WAS6@DEN78@UTA91011CHI12131415161718192021222324252627282930
Most restRestedShort restBack-to-back

Road trips

DatesRouteGamesMilesZones
Oct 23 – Oct 24Salt Lake City → Denver21,803-1h
Nov 2Memphis13590h
Nov 8 – Nov 9Inglewood → San Francisco22,022-2h
Nov 20 – Nov 21Oklahoma City → San Antonio29960h
Nov 27 – Nov 30Inglewood → Portland → Sacramento32,990-2h
Dec 13 – Dec 14Sacramento → Los Angeles22,241-2h
Dec 26 – Dec 30Brooklyn → Toronto → Detroit31,7201h
Jan 10Miami16691h
Jan 27Houston13170h
Jan 30 – Feb 10LongestCleveland → Philadelphia → Orlando → Washington → Chicago → Indianapolis → Atlanta74,0921h
Feb 16 – Feb 17Portland → San Francisco22,596-2h
Feb 27Phoenix11,313-1h
Mar 3Houston13170h
Mar 6 – Mar 10Memphis → Minneapolis → Charlotte31,9991h
Mar 13Dallas14430h
Mar 21 – Mar 26Boston → New York → Dallas32,9190h
Mar 31 – Apr 3Milwaukee → Oklahoma City21,6450h
Apr 6 – Apr 8Denver → Salt Lake City21,451-1h

Notes

  • Jan is the heaviest stretch: 11,678 miles over 13 games, with 1 back-to-back.
  • Oct is the softest month — 2,884 miles over 6 games.
  • The longest trip runs Jan 30 – Feb 10: 7 games through Cleveland, Philadelphia, Orlando, Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta, 4,092 miles.
  • The longest single hop is Miami to Paris — 4,571 miles, landing Jan 14.
  • 2 five-in-seven windows on the schedule — the toughest cluster the league hands out.