NBA Best Bets: Suns vs. Pelicans Picks for December 5
Published 9:33 pm Wednesday, December 4, 2024
The Phoenix Suns (12-8) are slightly favored (by 1.5 points) to break a three-game road losing streak when they visit the New Orleans Pelicans (4-18) on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET.
Our computer predictions for Thursday’s game can assist you in making an informed wager utilizing the best bets out there.
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Suns vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports and AZFamily
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Suns vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Suns (- 1.5)
- Phoenix has eight wins in 20 games against the spread this season.
- New Orleans is 7-15-0 against the spread this year.
- The Suns have an ATS record of 5-6 as 1.5-point favorites or greater.
- Against the spread as 1.5-point underdogs or more, the Pelicans are 6-9.
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Pick OU:
Over (219.5)
- Suns games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 219.5 points 13 times.
- The Pelicans have played 12 games this season that ended with a combined score higher than 219.5 points.
- The average point total in Phoenix’s games this year is 226.2, 6.7 more than this matchup’s over/under.
- New Orleans’ outings this season have a 222-point average over/under, 2.5 fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Suns score the 24th-most points in the NBA this season, while the Pelicans’ offense racks up the 22nd-most.
- This matchup features the league’s 25th-ranked (Pelicans) and eighth-ranked (Suns) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Suns (-120)
- The Suns have been favorites in 10 games this season and won nine (90%) of those contests.
- The Pelicans have won in two, or 13.3%, of the 15 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- This season, Phoenix has won nine of its 10 games, or 90%, when favored by at least -120 on the moneyline.
- This season, New Orleans has come away with a win two times in 14 chances when named as an underdog of at least +100 or longer on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Suns have a 54.5% chance to win.
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