The will take on the Los Angeles Lakers in front of a national TV audience at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the opener for both teams in the NBA play-in tournament.Â
The Pelicans-Lakers game will be shown on both and truTV. A live stream of the game will also be available on .
Streaming apps like Sling, DirecTV Stream and Hulu Live offer TNT.
The team that wins the game will advance to the playoffs, facing the No. 2 seed Denver Nuggets in the first round.Â
The Pelicans-Lakers loser will have to beat the winner of the Sacramento Kings-Golden State Warriors game on Friday to reach the playoffs as the No. 8 seed and face the No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round.