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2024 NBA Handicapping New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings
(21-15) New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings (21-13)
Date: Sunday, January 7th
Time: 6:00 PM EST
Venue: Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California
Moneyline NBA Odds: Pelicans +129 | Kings -152 (Bet Now!)
NBA ATS Betting Odds: Kings -3.5
Today’s NBA Betting Total (O/U): 234.5
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This is the fourth of five contests between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings. Sacramento will also host the final meeting on April 11th.
Both teams last played on Friday with the Pelicans losing 95-111 to the Clippers while Sacramento held on to defeat the Raptors 135-130.
Season Series
Last season, the Kings won the regular season series taking two of the three contests, while the Pelicans hold the all-time record having bested the Kings in 42 of their 75 matches.
The reason these clubs will play five times this year is because they met in the In-Season Tournament quarter-finals. New Orleans has owned the Kings winning all three prior matches including November 20th (129-93), 22nd (117-112), and December 4th (127-117).
New Orleans Pelicans
Entering this match the Pels are on a hot streak winning four of their last five matches. The lone loss came versus the equally hot Clippers on an off shooting night for the Pels.
Zion Williamson has owned the Kings but is questionable in this match.
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Pelicans Stats
The Pelicans rank 15th offensively (115.4), and seventh defensively (111.8) while posting a plus +3.6 net differential which ranks eighth overall
New Orleans is one of the better bets in the association with a 20-15-1 record against the spread this season.
Pelicans Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Zion Williamson, PF (left last game making him questionable — leg)
- Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, SF (upgraded to probable— illness)
- Jose Alvarado, PG (OUT — illness)
- Matt Ryan, SF (OUT indefinitely— elbow)
Sacramento Kings
Entering the match Friday social media was abuzz because Raptors President Masai Ujiri was in the crowd. Rumor was the teams were discussing a potential Pascal Siakam deal but then the news abruptly shifted to the Kings ending the talks.
Ujiri wants young assets and it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out any deal would center around Keegan Murray who Sacramento isn’t willing to part with. The youngster responded with an impressive performance versus Toronto posting a double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds hitting all four of his 3-pointers.
Kings Stats
To this point in the season, the Kings rank 12th offensively (116.3), and 19th defensively (115.5), with a net differential of plus +0.8 also ranking 17th overall.
Sacramento rides the middle ground against the spread with an 18-16 performance through 34 games.
Kings Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Trey Lyles, PF (questionable—ankle)
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Pelicans vs. Kings NBA Betting Trends:
- All in all, the Pelicans are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- New Orleans is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games against Sacramento.
- The Pelicans are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games against Sacramento.
- By comparison, the Kings are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento’s last 5 games against New Orleans.
- Additionally, the total has gone OVER in 11 of Sacramento’s last 15 games at home.
Free New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings NBA Prediction:
.New Orleans leads the regular season series 3-0 and aside from the five-point game has won easily. If Williamson can’t play it’ll help the Kings but this is a matchup that definitely has favored the Pels.
Perhaps at home, Sacramento will have a better edge and are playing well offensively but still struggle to stop teams.
4* Free New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings NBA Betting Pick: Pelicans +3.5
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