Pelicans Vs Spurs: NBA Basketball Betting Odds & Trends | 4/24/2021 – TheLines.com

The New Orleans Pelicans (26-33) are at home in Southwest Division play against the San Antonio Spurs (29-29) on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET. The Pelicans are 2.5-point favorites in the game, the third matchup between the teams this season. The point total in the matchup is set at 228.5.

The betting insights in this article reflect odds data from DraftKings Sportsbook as of April 24, 2021, 6:40 AM ET. See table below for current betting odds.

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Injury Report as of April 24

Pelicans:
James Johnson: Day To Day (Adductor),
Nickeil Alexander-Walker: Out (Ankle),
Josh Hart: Out (Thumb),
Steven Adams: Day To Day (Ankle)

Spurs:
Trey Lyles: Out (Ankle),
DeMar DeRozan: Day To Day (Quad),
Rudy Gay: Day To Day (Back)

Pelicans and Spurs Records ATS

New Orleans has covered the spread in less than half its games this season, putting together a record of 26-32 against the spread.
The Pelicans have a losing record against the spread when favored by at least 2.5 points, going 10-15 this season.
New Orleans and its opponents have outscored the set over/under in 63.8% of its games this season (37/58).
San Antonio has routinely covered the spread this season with a record of 31-26-1.
For the 22nd time this season, the Spurs are at least a 2.5-point underdog, where they have a record of 9-11-1 against the spread.
San Antonio and its opponents have regularly been held under the total points bet this season, only hitting the over in 48.3% (28) of their 58 games played.

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Head to Head

Date	Favorite	Home Team	Spread	Total	Favorite Moneyline	Underdog Moneyline	Game Type	Result
2/27/2021	Pelicans	Spurs	-2	234.5	-131	109	Regular Season	117-114 SA
12/27/2020	Pelicans	Pelicans	-5.5	228	-209	174	Regular Season	98-95 NO

Scoring Trends

New Orleans and its opponents have gone over Saturday’s 228.5 total in 33 out of 59 games (55.9%) this season.
In 22 out of San Antonio’s 58 games this season (37.9%), the competing teams combined for more points than the total in Saturday’s matchup.
On average, the Pelicans have seen a 230.2 over/under in their games this season, 1.7 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
Spurs’ games have an over/under of 220.8 points this season, 7.7 points fewer than the total points bet for this matchup.
The average implied total for the Pelicans this season is 115.7 points, 0.3 fewer points than their implied total of 116 points in Saturday’s game.
So far this season, New Orleans has scored more than its implied point total for this matchup (116) 27 times.
The average implied point total on the season for the Spurs (114.3) is 1.3 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (113).
This season, San Antonio has scored more than this game’s implied total of 113 points 24 times.
The Pelicans are the league’s fifth-highest scoring team (115.1 PPG), while the Spurs allow the 11th-fewest points per game (110.7) in NBA play.
The Pelicans have a negative point differential on the season (-7 total points, -0.1 per game), as do the Spurs (-30 total points, -0.6 per game).

Pelicans Leaders

Zion Williamson leads the Pelicans in scoring, averaging 26.9 points per game.
Williamson’s PRA prop over/under for the contest is set at 41.5, 3.8 greater than his season average of 37.7.
Lonzo Ball leads New Orleans with 5.7 assists a game and Steven Adams paces the team with 9.0 rebounds per contest.
Adams’ rebounding prop over/under for the contest is set at 7.5 boards, 1.5 rebounds less than his season average of 9.0.
The Pelicans are led by Ball from long distance. He makes 3.0 shots from deep per game.
Ball’s three pointers made prop total for the game is set at 4.5, 1.5 shots higher than his season average of 3.0.
New Orleans’ steals leader is Ball, who grabs 1.4 per game. James Johnson leads the team averaging 0.9 blocks an outing.
Ball’s steals prop total for the game is set at 1.5, 0.1 steals greater than his season average of 1.4.

Spurs Leaders

The Spurs go-to guy, DeMar DeRozan, leads the team in both scoring (21.0 points per game) and assists (7.1 assists per game).
DeRozan’s PRA prop over/under for the game is set at 33.5, 0.9 higher than his season average of 32.6.
When it comes to rebounds, Jakob Poeltl is the San Antonio leader with 8.1 per game.
Poeltl’s PRA prop total for the contest is set at 25.5, 7.1 greater than his season average of 18.4.
Patty Mills is tops from three-point range for the Spurs, knocking down 2.5 threes per game.
Mills’ three pointers made prop over/under for the contest is set at 1.5, 1.0 shot less than his season average of 2.5.
Nobody on San Antonio grabs more steals than Dejounte Murray (1.5 per game) or blocks more shots than Poeltl (1.7 per game).
Murray’s steals prop over/under for the contest is set at 1.5, equal to his season average of 1.5.

Predictions

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