NBA Best Bets: Pelicans vs. Hornets Picks for January 25
Published 3:33 am Saturday, January 25, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (12-33) face the Charlotte Hornets (11-30) as 3.5-point favorites on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and FDSSE.
Why don’t you check out the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Saturday’s game, before you place a wager on this matchup?
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Pelicans vs. Hornets Game Info
- When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports and FDSSE
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Pelicans vs. Hornets Best Bets
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Dejounte Murray Over 16.5 PTS
- The 16.5-point total set for Dejounte Murray on Saturday is one fewer point than his per-game scoring average.
- So far this season, Murray is 8-for-30 at scoring more than the total set for his points prop.
- The Pelicans are the NBA’s 23rd-ranked scoring team (109.6 points per game), while the Hornets are 13th defensively in terms of points conceded per game (112.7).
- When New Orleans totals more than 112.7 points, its record is 9-8.
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LaMelo Ball Over 30.5 PTS
- The 30.5-point over/under for LaMelo Ball on Saturday is 1.5 higher than his scoring average.
- This season Ball is 15-for-36 at hitting the over on the over/under set for him in terms of points.
- Charlotte’s squad is currently the 28th-ranked scoring team in the NBA (107.2 points per game), while New Orleans is 25th in points conceded (117.7 per game).
- Charlotte has put together a 3-3 record when it scores more than 117.7 points.
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Pick ATS: Hornets (+ 3.5)
- New Orleans is 19-26-0 against the spread this year.
- Against the spread, Charlotte is 20-21-0 this season.
- The Pelicans are 4-3 as 3.5-point favorites or more.
- Against the spread as 3.5-point underdogs or more, the Hornets are 17-15.
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Pick OU:
Under (228.5)
- The Pelicans and their opponents have gone over 228.5 combined points in 22 of 45 games this season.
- Hornets games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 228.5 points in 14 of 41 outings.
- New Orleans has an average point total of 224.8 in its contests this year, 3.7 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- Charlotte’s outings this season have a 223.5-point average over/under, five fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Pelicans score the 13th-most points in the NBA this season, while the Hornets’ offense puts up the 30th-most.
- The Pelicans are the NBA’s 29th-ranked scoring defense while the Hornets are the second-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Hornets (+145)
- This season, the Pelicans have won seven out of the 13 games, or 53.8%, in which they’ve been favored.
- The Hornets have been chosen as underdogs in 36 games this year and have walked away with the win nine times (25%) in those games.
- This season, New Orleans has won six of its seven games when favored by at least -175 on the moneyline.
- This season, Charlotte has come away with a win five times in 29 chances when named as an underdog of at least +145 or longer on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Pelicans have a 63.6% chance to win.
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