The New Orleans Pelicans (49-32) host the Los Angeles Lakers (46-35) at Smoothie King Center, beginning at 3:30 PM ET on Sunday, April 14, 2024. The Pelicans are 3.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup has a point total of 230.
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Spread: Pelicans (-3.5) to Cover
- Our computers expect the same result as DraftKings, but have the Pelicans winning by a considerably larger margin (7.0 points). Take the Pelicans.
- New Orleans’ ATS record is 44-35-2 this season.
- The Pelicans have covered the spread 21 times this season (21-15-1 ATS) when playing as at least 3.5-point favorites.
- So far this season, Los Angeles has put together a 37-44-0 record against the spread.
- The Lakers have covered the spread nine times this year (9-10 ATS) when playing as at least 3.5-point underdogs.
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Total: Over 230
- DraftKings and the model are extremely close in their point total projections for this game, within 0.6 points of each other.
- In 33 games this season, New Orleans and its opponent have combined to score more than 230 points.
- So far this season, 51 Los Angeles’ games have featured over 230 points scored.
- So far this season, 35 out of the Pelicans’ 81 games have hit the over.
- Lakers games have hit the over 46 out of 81 times this year.
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Moneyline Winner: Pelicans (-155)
- Prediction: Pelicans 119, Lakers 112
- This season, New Orleans has been favored 49 times and won 31, or 63.3%, of those games.
- Los Angeles has been chosen as underdogs in 34 games this year and has walked away with the win 14 times (41.2%) in those games.
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Zion Williamson Points Prop: Over 25.5
- Zion Williamson averages 23.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. At the other end, he averages 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks.
- Williamson’s 23.0 points per game average is 2.5 less than Sunday’s over/under.
- Williamson has gone up against a points prop bet in 77 games this season, and he’s gone over 34 times.
- The Lakers score 118.0 points per game and allow 117.6, ranking them seventh in the league on offense and 23rd defensively.
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Anthony Davis Points Prop: Under 24.5
- On a per-game basis, Anthony Davis gets the Lakers 24.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists. He also averages 1.2 steals and 2.4 blocked shots (second in league).
- The 24.5-point over/under set for Davis on Sunday is 0.1 lower than his season scoring average of 24.6.
- Davis has had a points prop in 79 games this season, and has gone over 30 times.
- On offense, the Pelicans are putting up 115.2 points per game (13th-ranked in league). They are allowing 110.5 points per contest at the other end (eighth-ranked).
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