The New Orleans Pelicans (12-38) are heavy underdogs (+10.5) as they attempt to break a four-game road slide when they square off against the Denver Nuggets (31-19) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at Ball Arena. The contest 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 have put together a 24-26-0 ATS record this season as opposed to the 21-29-0 mark of the Pelicans.
• As a 10.5-point favorite or more in 2024-25, Denver is 4-3 against the spread compared to the 4-4 ATS record New Orleans puts up as a 10.5-point underdog.
• When it comes to exceeding the over/under in 2024-25, New Orleans and its opponents don’t do it as often (56% of the time) as Denver and its opponents (62%).
• The Nuggets have a .658 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (25-13) this season, higher than the .143 winning percentage for the Pelicans as a moneyline underdog (5-30).

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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 played well offensively, scoring 120.6 points per contest (third-best).
• Denver is pulling down 45.4 boards per game this year (seventh-ranked in NBA), and it has ceded only 42.5 rebounds per contest (fifth-best).
• The Nuggets have been piling up assists in 2024-25, ranking best in the NBA with 31 dimes per game.
• With 13.6 turnovers per game, Denver is 14th in the NBA. It forces 12.8 turnovers per contest, which ranks 22nd in the league.
• Although the Nuggets are making just 11.7 three-pointers per game (third-worst in NBA), 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 NBA (109.9 points per game). On defense they are fifth-worst (118.3 points conceded 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 NBA in assists (25.1 per game) in 2024-25.
• At 13.6 turnovers committed per game and 13.9 turnovers forced, New Orleans is 14th and 12th in the NBA, respectively.
• In 2024-25, the Pelicans are 23rd in the league in 3-point makes (12.3 per game) and 23rd in 3-point percentage (34.9%).

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