The New Orleans Pelicans (12-33) hit the court against 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

• When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
• Where: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
• TV: Gulf Coast Sports and FDSSE
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Pelicans vs. Hornets Best Bets

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Dejounte Murray Over 16.5 PTS

• The 17.5 points Dejounte Murray has scored per game this season is one more than his prop total set for Saturday (16.5).
• So far this season, Murray is 8-for-30 at going over the total set for his points prop.
• The Pelicans are the NBA’s 23rd-ranked scoring squad (109.6 points per game), while the Hornets are 13th in points conceded (112.7 per game).
• New Orleans is 9-8 when putting up more points than 112.7.

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LaMelo Ball Over 30.5 PTS

• The 30.5-point prop total for LaMelo Ball on Saturday is 1.5 higher than his scoring average, which is 29.
• Ball has gone over 15 times on a points prop this season (in 36 opportunities).
• The 28th-ranked scoring NBA team (107.2 points per game) is Charlotte, while New Orleans ranks 25th in the league defensively (117.7 conceded per game).
• Charlotte has put together a 3-3 record when it scores more than 117.7 points.

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Pick ATS: Hornets (+ 3.5)

• New Orleans has 19 wins in 45 games against the spread this year.
• Charlotte’s record against the spread is 20-21-0.
• As 3.5-point favorites or more, the Pelicans are 4-3 against the spread.
• Against the spread as 3.5-point underdogs or greater, the Hornets are 17-15.

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Pick OU:

Under (228.5)

• The Pelicans and their opponents have gone over 228.5 combined points in 22 of 45 games this season.
• The Hornets have played 14 games this season that finished with a combined score over 228.5 points.
• The average total in New Orleans’ games this season is 224.8, 3.7 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
• Charlotte has a 223.5-point average over/under in its contests this season, five fewer points than this game’s point total.
• The Pelicans are the 13th-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Hornets have scored the 30th-most points.
• This contest features the league’s second-ranked (Hornets) and 29th-ranked (Pelicans) scoring defenses.

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Moneyline Pick: Hornets (+145)

• This season, the Pelicans have won seven out of the 13 games, or 53.8%, in which they’ve been favored.
• The Hornets have been chosen as underdogs in 36 games this year and have walked away with the win nine times (25%) in those games.
• New Orleans has a record of 6-1 when it’s favored by -175 or more by bookmakers this season.
• This season, Charlotte has come away with a win five times in 29 chances when named as an underdog of at least +145 or worse on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win from the Pelicans, based on the moneyline, is 63.6%.

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