Nuggets vs. Pelicans Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – February 5
Published 7:16 pm Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The Denver Nuggets (31-19) are heavy favorites (-10.5) as they try to extend a three-game home win streak when they host the New Orleans Pelicans (12-38) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at Ball Arena. The game airs at 9:00 PM ET on ALT and Gulf Coast Sports.
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Nuggets vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds
- Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: ALT and Gulf Coast Sports
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Venue: Ball Arena
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Nuggets vs. Pelicans Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Nuggets 124 – Pelicans 109
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Spread & Total Prediction for Nuggets vs. Pelicans
- Pick ATS: Nuggets (- 10.5)
- Computer Predicted Spread: Nuggets (-15.4)
- Pick OU:
Under (239.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 232.5
- The Nuggets sport a 24-26-0 ATS record this season as opposed to the 21-29-0 mark from the Pelicans.
- When the spread is set as 10.5 or more this season, Denver (4-3) covers a higher percentage of those games when it is the favorite (57.1%) than New Orleans (4-4) does as the underdog (50%).
- Denver and its opponents have eclipsed the point total 62% of the time this season (31 out of 50). That’s more often than New Orleans and its opponents have (28 out of 50).
- As a moneyline favorite this season, the Nuggets are 25-13, while the Pelicans are 5-30 as moneyline underdogs.
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Nuggets Performance Insights
- The Nuggets are allowing 116.4 points per game this year (25th-ranked in NBA), but they’ve really shined on offense, posting 120.6 points per contest (third-best).
- With 42.5 rebounds allowed per game, Denver ranks fifth-best in the league. It ranks seventh in the league by grabbing 45.4 rebounds per contest.
- The Nuggets have been tallying plenty of assists in 2024-25, ranking best in the NBA with 31 assists per contest.
- So far this season, Denver is committing 13.6 turnovers per game (14th-ranked in NBA) and forcing 12.8 turnovers per contest (22nd-ranked).
- The Nuggets have struggled in terms of three-pointers this season, ranking third-worst in the NBA with 11.7 threes per game. Conversely, they rank fourth-best in the league with a 37.8% shooting percentage from beyond the arc.
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Pelicans Performance Insights
- Offensively the Pelicans are the 24th-ranked squad in the league (109.9 points per game). Defensively they are fifth-worst (118.3 points allowed per game).
- In 2024-25, New Orleans is 24th in the NBA in rebounds (43 per game) and third-worst in rebounds allowed (46.3).
- The Pelicans are 21st in the league in assists (25.1 per game) in 2024-25.
- New Orleans is 14th in the NBA in turnovers per game (13.6) and 12th in turnovers forced (13.9).
- Beyond the arc, the Pelicans are 23rd in the league in 3-pointers made per game (12.3). They are 23rd in 3-point percentage at 34.9%.
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