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2021 NBA Handicapping
(8-12) OKC Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans (11-8)
Date: Monday, November 28th
Time: 08:00 PM (ET)
Venue: Smoothie King Center New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
NBA Moneyline Odds: Thunder +200 | Pelicans -240 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Pelicans -6
NBA Betting Total: 233
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Monday, November 28th the OKC Thunder and New Orleans Pelicans will play the first of four scheduled matches. New Orleans will host again on March 11th while OKC will host games on December 23rd and February 13th.
OKC split a back-to-back set beating the Bulls 123-119 in overtime on Friday then lost to the Rockets 105-118 on Saturday while the Pelicans have the rest advantage having been off since Friday when they got routed 111-132 by the Grizzlies.
Last season, the squads played three times with the Thunder winning two of the three contests. The Thunder hold the all-time record having bested the Pelicans in 39 of their 67 matches.
OKC Thunder
OKC’s back-to-back set was a perfect example of their strengths and weaknesses and punctuated that even though they never give up on any given night there is a fine line they walk between winning and losing.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a bonafide superstar who leads his team to dominate the paint and glass while they rarely turn the ball over but capitalize on forcing miscues from the opponents.
Unfortunately, they struggle to hit from beyond the arc or find a constant scorer to help SGA and the latter often is the difference in wins or losses.
Friday that equated to an overtime victory, but Saturday despite winning the offensive glass, fast break scoring, and scoring 33 points off 25 turnovers they shot 10 of 42 from deep and couldn’t catch the Rockets who were on fire from deep making 18 of their 36 deep balls.
The Thunder score 116.6 points per game ranking sixth. OKC ranks 19th shooting 46.4% from the field and ranks 21st from the perimeter shooting 33.7%.
Defensively, the Thunder rank 29th for opponent points allowed per game with 118.3 scored. Their foes shoot 46.8% from the field which ranks 17th and 36.6% from the perimeter ranking 21st.
Mike Muscala (finger) is out indefinitely. Chet Holmgren (foot) is out for the season.
New Orleans Pelicans
Since they were drafted every time Zion Williamson played against Ja Morant and the Grizzlies they won. Memphis had collected wins but never with Zion on the court so Friday marked a first for both sides.
Zion had to carry extra weight with CJ McCollum in health and safety protocols and then Brandon Ingram had to leave early after injuring his toe. Trey Murphy III scored 21 points to lead the Pelicans while Williamson (14) and Herbert Jones (13) were the only other double-figure scorers.
Offensively, the Pelicans rank fourth for scoring averaging 117.3 points per game while shooting 48.6% from the field and 38.2% from the perimeter ranking fifth in both categories.
Defensively, the Pelicans allow opponents to score 111.7 points per game, ranking 12th. New Orleans holds their opponents to 46.9 percent from the field ranking 18th and boasts the fifth-best perimeter ranking of 33.3 percent.
Larry Nance Jr. (shoulder) and Naji Marshall (illness) are questionable, Brandon Ingram (toe) is doubtful and CJ McCollum (quarantine) is out. E.J. Liddell (knee) is out indefinitely.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Thunder are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
- Pelicans are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 9 of Oklahoma City’s last 10 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Orleans’ last 9 games.
Free OKC Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans NBA Prediction:
With the prospect of Ingram and Nance Jr. both missing on Monday when the Pelicans are already down McCollum this could end up being more of a trap game than New Orleans expects.
The Thunder never give up and will be looking to rebound from a sub-par performance in Houston so while the spread isn’t uber high, I like OKC to keep it closer than six.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Thunder +6
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