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2024 NBA Handicapping OKC Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans
(49-21) OKC Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans (44-27)
Date: Tuesday, March 26th
Time: 8:00 PM EST
Venue: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LO
Moneyline NBA Odds: Thunder -114 | Pelicans +105 (Bet Now!)
NBA ATS Betting Odds: Thunder -1.5
Today’s NBA Betting Total (O/U): 224.5
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Tuesday serves up the OKC Thunder visiting the New Orleans Pelicans for the third and final time this season. This match will also determine the tiebreaker as both teams have won once in the prior meetings.
Both teams last played on Sunday with OKC getting spanked 93-118 by the Bucks while the Pelicans defeated the Pistons 114-101.
Season Series
Last season, the teams played four times with the Pelicans taking three of the four contests. OKC holds the all-time record having bested the Pelicans in 41 of their 73 matches.
*Editor’s Note: Statistics and rankings are current as of this writing, Monday, March 25th. Numbers may vary slightly entering games on Tuesday, March 26th.
OKC Thunder
All season the Thunder have fought to reach the top of the Western Conference leaderboard. While they’ve reached that mark a few times OKC hasn’t been able to stay there or put distance between themselves and the Nuggets.
Although OKC is 14-4 through the last 18 matches there is a bit of a red flag showing. Shai Gilgous-Alexander surpassed Kevin Durant for the most 30-point games in a season with 50 but has only hit that mark in five of the last 10 games.
Milwaukee chose to take the ball out of his hand resulting in his second-fewest points (12) this season. It might be an outlier, but it might also point to fatigue and the need for Mark Daigneault to take heed and sit him a few games to recover.
Thunder Stats
The Thunder ranks fifth on offense (118.6), and also fifth on defense (111.4) while they offer a plus +7.3 net differential registering second overall.
In terms of the Thunder’s performance against the spread, they are one of the better bets with a 40-29-1 record through 70 matches.
Thunder Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Luguentz Dort, SG (updated to probable — nose)
New Orleans Pelicans
Similarly to their opponent, the Pelicans have been winning since the break with an 11-5 record and are hot on the heels of the Clippers to take over the fourth seed.
That said, something that stands out about the recent hot streak is the majority of their wins are against lower-tier teams or clubs dealing with injuries to core players.
Of the 11 wins only two were against clubs with their full core complement playing (Pacers/Clippers) and even then LA was playing the second game of a back-to-back set.
Pelicans Stats
The Pelicans rank eighth on both offense (117.9), and defense (112.7) while posting a plus +5.2. net differential which ranks seventh overall.
New Orleans rides just above the middle with a 39-30-2 record against the spread through 71 contests.
Pelicans Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Brandon Ingram, SF (OUT indefinitely — knee)
- Dyson Daniels, SF (OUT indefinitely— knee)
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Thunder vs. Pelicans NBA Betting Trends:
- All in all, the Thunder are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- Oklahoma City are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games.
- Also, the Thunder are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games on the road.
- By comparison, the Pelicans are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 12 of New Orleans’ last 15 games.
- Additionally, the Pelicans are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games.
Free OKC Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans NBA Prediction:
With 12 games remaining for the Thunder, only three are against teams outside the playoff or play-in seeding and one of those squads is the Rockets who’ve been on a tear.
Similarly, the Pelicans will play just two games of their final 12 against teams outside the postseason seeding and two of their matches will be against the Lakers and Warriors who are both fighting for positioning.
I can’t ignore how well the Pels have played but their lack of wins against the upper tier with fully healthy rosters gives me pause – – that and the fact OKC rarely loses two games in a row.
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