San Antonio Spurs (24-30) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (13-43)
February 23, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: New Orleans Pelicans -1.5; Over/Under: 240
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The San Antonio Spurs invade the Smoothie King Center to take on the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night. Here’s a Pelicans vs Spurs Prediction. This article will include a Pelicans vs Spurs Pick.
San Antonio Spurs Betting Preview
The San Antonio Spurs have been struggling as they’ve lost six of their last nine games overall and they will be hoping for a better effort after getting trounced by the Pistons in a 125-110 home defeat on Friday. Keldon Johnson led the team with 28 points on 11 of 13 shooting off the bench, De’Aaron Fox added 27 points with five assists and four steals while Stephon Castle chipped in with 12 points. As a team, the Spurs shot 51 percent from the field and 10 of 29 from the 3-point line as they caught fire with 35 points in the second quarter to keep pace with the Pistons, until the third quarter where they got blown out by 38-18 to trail by as many as 24 points.
New Orleans Pelicans Betting Preview
Meanwhile, the New Orleans Pelicans have been in terrible form as they’ve lost 11 of their last 12 games overall and they will be hoping for a better result after falling short to the Mavericks in a 111-103 road defeat on Friday. Zion Williamson led the team with 29 points on 11 of 15 shooting, Trey Murphy added 20 points with six rebounds and six assists while CJ McCollum chipped in with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists. As a team, the Pelicans shot just 41 percent from the field and eight of 27 from the 3-point line as they showed plenty of fight to hang with the Mavericks until the fourth quarter where they scored just 21 points to allow the Mavericks to pull away.
Why the New Orleans Pelicans will win
- The Spurs have lost each of their last four road games against Southwest Division opponents.
- The home team has won six of the Pelicans’ last seven games.
- The Spurs have failed to cover the spread in each of their last seven games against Southwest Division opponents.
- The home team has covered the spread in eight of the Spurs’ last 10 games.
Why the San Antonio Spurs will win
- The Pelicans have lost each of their last eight games against Southwest Division opponents following a loss.
- The Spurs have won seven of their last eight games against Western Conference opponents that held a losing record.
- The Pelicans have failed to cover the spread in each of their last five home games against Southwest Division opponents following a loss.
- The underdogs have covered the spread in each of the last three games between the Spurs and Pelicans.
Total Points Facts
- Each of the Pelicans’ last seven home games against Southwest Division opponents have gone OVER the total points line.
- Five of the Spurs’ last six games as underdogs have gone UNDER the total points line.
Pelicans vs Spurs Prediction
The Spurs are still missing Victor Wembenyama, while the Pelicans have ruled out Brandon Boston, Herbert Jones and Dejounte Murray once again. The Spurs will be disappointed with the loss of Wembenyama for the rest of the season, but it does give plenty of opportunity to the rest of the team to play extended minutes and take extra shots. The Spurs come into this meeting as the team in better form, but the Pelicans were more than competitive in their narrow loss to the surging Mavericks in their last outing. You really couldn’t back either side with any confidence these days, but the Pelicans are desperate for a win and I think they finally get one at home in this one.
