NBA Best Bets: Kings vs. Pelicans Picks for February 12
Published 9:33 pm Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (12-41) are underdogs (+4.5) as they try to stop a nine-game losing streak when they host the Sacramento Kings (27-26) at 8:00 PM ET on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The game airs on NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports.
For the best bets you can place on Wednesday’s game, based on our computer predictions, see below.
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Kings vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports
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Kings vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Kings (- 4.5)
- Sacramento is 20-33-0 against the spread this season.
- Against the spread, New Orleans is 22-31-0 this year.
- Against the spread as 4.5-point favorites or more, the Kings are 11-16.
- Against the spread as 4.5-point underdogs or more, the Pelicans are 13-19.
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Pick OU:
Under (237.5)
- Kings games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 237.5 points 24 times.
- The Pelicans have combined with their opponent to score more than 237.5 points in 18 of 53 games this season.
- Sacramento’s contests this year have an average total of 229.4, 8.1 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- New Orleans’ contests this season have a 226.4-point average over/under, 11.1 fewer points than this game’s point total.
- The Pelicans are the league’s 20th-highest scoring team this season compared to the eighth-ranked Kings.
- The Kings are the league’s 21st-ranked scoring defense while the Pelicans are the 27th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Kings (-180)
- The Kings have entered the game as favorites 39 times this season and won 22, or 56.4%, of those games.
- The Pelicans have been chosen as underdogs in 38 games this year and have walked away with the win five times (13.2%) in those games.
- This season, Sacramento has won 17 of its 26 games, or 65.4%, when favored by at least -180 on the moneyline.
- This year, New Orleans has won two of 32 games when listed as at least +145 or better on the moneyline.
- The Kings have a 64.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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