The New Orleans Pelicans (6-6) are home in Southwest Division action against the Houston Rockets (2-10) on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 5:30 PM ET. It’s the first matchup between these clubs this season.
The Pelicans are a double-digit favorite against the Rockets when the Pelicans and the Rockets meet. The Pelicans are favored by 10.5 points. The game’s point total is set at 233.
Pelicans vs. Rockets Betting Odds
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- Spread: New Orleans -10.5
- Total: 233
- Moneyline: New Orleans -533, Houston +401
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Rockets at Pelicans odds, spread, & more
Prediction
- Pick ATS: Pelicans (- 10.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (233)
- Prediction:
Pelicans 122 – Rockets 108
Moneyline
- New Orleans has been the favorite in seven games this season and has come away with the win three times (42.9%) in those contests.
- New Orleans has been named as a favorite of -533 or more just one time this season and came away with a victory in that game.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that New Orleans has a 84.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- Houston has won two of the 12 games it was listed as the moneyline underdog this season (16.7%).
- Houston has not yet won a game when entering as a moneyline underdog with odds of +401 or longer in two chances.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, Houston’s implied win probability is 20%.
Against the spread
- The Pelicans score only 1.5 fewer points per game (116.3) than the Rockets allow (117.8).
- New Orleans has a 2-3 record against the spread and a 2-3 record overall when scoring more than 117.8 points.
- New Orleans has a 2-3 record when putting up more than 117.8 points.
- Houston has a 4-1 record against the spread and a 1-4 record overall when allowing fewer than 116.3 points.
- Houston has a 1-4 record when allowing fewer than 116.3 points.
- The Rockets put up an average of 110.3 points per game, only 3.3 fewer points than the 113.6 the Pelicans allow.
- Houston has put together a 2-1-1 ATS record and a 2-2 overall record in games it scores more than 113.6 points.
- Houston has put together a 2-2 record in games it scores more than 113.6 points.
- New Orleans has an ATS record of 2-2 and a 3-1 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 110.3 points.
- New Orleans is 3-1 when it allows fewer than 110.3 points.
- The Pelicans are the NBA’s fifth-ranked scoring team (116.3 PPG), while the Rockets rank 26th in points per game allowed (117.8) in the league.
- Houston’s squad is currently the 21st-ranked scoring team in the NBA (110.3 PPG), while New Orleans’ team is 17th in points allowed per game (113.6).
- The Pelicans have totaled 32 more points than their opponents this season (2.7 per game on average), while the Rockets have been out-scored by 90 total points (7.5 per game average differential).
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for New Orleans this season is 116.8 points, 5.2 fewer points than its implied total of 122 points in Saturday’s game.
- This season, New Orleans has put up more than 122 points in three games.
- The average implied point total on the year for Houston (118.2) is 7.2 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (111).
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How to watch Pelicans vs. Rockets
- Game Day: Saturday, November 12, 2022
- Game Time: 5:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBA TV, BSNO, and SportsNet SW
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Arena: Smoothie King Center
- TV Channel: NBA TV
- Livestream: Watch on fuboTV!
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