NBA Sundays are just a great global pastime. The Association is bringing it this week with a card including the Memphis Grizzliesfighting to hold onto the 8-seed in the West playing the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers versus the Portland Trail Blazers. However, we’re handicapping the San Antonio Spurs-New Orleans Pelicans game.
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San Antonio Spurs +3.5 (-110) vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The San Antonio Spurs are getting value in this spot because the New Orleans Pelicans are a sexier team. The Spurs have been around for years, SG DeMar DeRozan has been around for years, they aren’t actual Finals contenders and no one had them as a sleeper to sneak into the playoffs.
New Orleans is a public team. They are popular and people like betting and rooting for them. Everyone is excited anytime F Zion Williamson takes the court and PG Lonzo Ball isn’t getting the hype he once was, but his alley-oop passes to Zion make Sports Center highlights.
F Brandon Ingram is having a heck of a breakout season, G Jrue Holiday is NBA nerds’ “most underappreciated” player and G JJ Redick has been a household name since Duke.
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But the Pelicans are bad. They are worse than the Spurs. San Antonio is having its worst season in the Gregg Popovich era and they are still 2-0 this season against New Orleans.
And, elephant in the room, Popovich is going to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and Alvin Gentry is not. He’s had the Spurs playing well in the bubble and their 3-2 overall record (3-2 against the spread record) is a pleasant surprise.
Another reason to like San Antonio in this spot is that both teams have a good offense and bad defense but the Spurs have DeRozan who can close out games better than any Pelicans player. Case in point, San Antonio is 10-7 in games decided by three or fewer points and New Orleans is 2-6.
New Orleans’ motivation is a major question mark as well. The Pelicans are three games back of the Grizzlies for the 8-seed in the win column, with three teams in between them and Memphis, and only three games remaining.
Maybe the Pelicans have the moment of their bubble by winning on a last-second shot but THE SPURS +3.5 (-110) is still good money. New to sports betting? A $110 bet on the Spurs +3.5 (-110) returns a $100 profit if San Antonio wins or loses by three or fewer points.
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