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New Orleans Pelicans fans cheer as the Pelicans catch up with the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half of an NBA basketball game at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The Lakers defeated the Pelicans, 110-106. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)

The New Orleans Pelicans' first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder shifts back to New Orleans this weekend.

The Pelicans announced Wednesday that fans who attend Games 3 and 4 will get to enjoy heavily discounted concessions. 

The Smoothie King Center doors will open two hours before tipoff of each game. Concession prices will be dropped 50% in the two-hour period between when the doors open and when each game begins. 

Game 3 starts at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, meaning that fans can come into Smoothie King Center at 12:30 p.m. The Pelicans will be giving away red shirts for this game to match the team's uniforms.

The start time of Game 4 is still to be determined. It will tip at either 7:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. The same rules from Saturday still apply: Smoothie King Center opens up two hours before tipoff, and concessions are half-off until the game begins. 

For Game 4, the Pelicans will distribute black T-shirts. The Pelicans are wearing their "Skelican" City Edition uniforms that night.

In-game entertainment will include Choppa, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Xavier University Cheer team, the Pelicans said. 

The Pelicans trail the Thunder 1-0. They are seeking to even the series Wednesday in Oklahoma City.