NBA Best Bets: Suns vs. Pelicans Picks for February 28
Published 3:33 am Friday, February 28, 2025
The Phoenix Suns (27-32) are favored (by 6.5 points) to stop a three-game home losing streak when they host the New Orleans Pelicans (16-43) on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET.
Our computer predictions below will assist you in deciding on the best bets available for Friday’s game.
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Suns vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Friday, February 28, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET
- Where: Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona
- TV: AZFamily and Gulf Coast Sports
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Suns vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Suns (- 6.5)
- Phoenix is 21-38-0 against the spread this season.
- New Orleans is 26-33-0 against the spread this year.
- Against the spread as 6.5-point favorites or more, the Suns are 6-9.
- The Pelicans’ ATS record as 6.5-point underdogs or more is 13-19.
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Pick OU:
Under (235.5)
- The Suns’ 59 games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 235.5 points 20 times.
- The Pelicans have played 23 games this season that ended with a combined score over 235.5 points.
- The average point total in Phoenix’s games this season is 228.7, 6.8 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- New Orleans has had an average of 227.6 points scored in its games so far this season, 7.9 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
- The Pelicans are the league’s 18th-highest scoring team this season compared to the 12th-ranked Suns.
- This game features the NBA’s 27th-ranked (Pelicans) and 24th-ranked (Suns) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Suns (-275)
- The Suns have been favorites in 35 games this season and won 21 (60%) of those contests.
- The Pelicans have been chosen as underdogs in 42 games this year and have walked away with the win seven times (16.7%) in those games.
- Phoenix has a record of 11-1, a 91.7% win rate, when it’s favored by -275 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This season, New Orleans has come away with a win one time in 28 chances when named as an underdog of at least +220 or worse on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Suns, based on the moneyline, is 73.3%.
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