Pelicans vs. Hornets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – January 25
Published 5:16 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.
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Pelicans vs. Hornets Game Info & Odds
- Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and FDSSE
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Venue: Spectrum Center
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Pelicans vs. Hornets Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Hornets 114 – Pelicans 110
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Spread & Total Prediction for Pelicans vs. Hornets
- Pick ATS: Hornets (+ 3.5)
- Computer Predicted Spread: Hornets (-4.4)
- Pick OU:
Under (228.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 223.6
- The Pelicans have been less successful against the spread than the Hornets this season, recording an ATS record of 19-26-0, compared to the 20-21-0 mark of the Hornets.
- New Orleans (4-3) covers a higher percentage of games when it is favored by 3.5 points or more this season (57.1%) than Charlotte (17-15) does as a 3.5+-point underdog (53.1%).
- When it comes to eclipsing the total in 2024-25, Charlotte and its opponents aren’t as successful (39% of the time) as New Orleans and its opponents (57.8%).
- As a moneyline favorite this season, the Pelicans are 7-6, a better mark than the Hornets have put up (9-27) as moneyline underdogs.
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Pelicans Performance Insights
- Offensively, the Pelicans are putting up 109.6 points per game (23rd-ranked in league). They are giving up 117.7 points per contest at the other end of the court (25th-ranked).
- New Orleans ranks fourth-worst in the NBA with 46.2 rebounds allowed per contest. Meanwhile, it is pulling down 43.1 boards per game (24th-ranked in league).
- So far this year, the Pelicans rank 17th in the league in assists, averaging 25.4 per game.
- New Orleans is averaging 13.7 turnovers per game (15th-ranked in league). It is forcing 14.1 turnovers per contest (10th-ranked).
- This season, the Pelicans are draining 12.3 threes per game (23rd-ranked in NBA) and are shooting 34.6% (25th-ranked) from three-point land.
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Hornets Performance Insights
- In 2024-25, the Hornets are third-worst in the league on offense (107.2 points scored per game) and 13th on defense (112.7 points allowed).
- Charlotte is the fourth-best squad in the NBA in rebounds per game (46) and is ranked 16th in rebounds conceded (44.2).
- This season the Hornets are fifth-worst in the league in assists at 23.9 per game.
- At 15.1 turnovers committed per game and 13.7 turnovers forced, Charlotte is 22nd and 16th in the league, respectively.
- The Hornets are ninth in the NBA in 3-pointers made (14.1 per game) and fifth-worst in 3-point percentage (34.3%).
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