NBA Best Bets: Suns vs. Pelicans Picks for December 5
Published 9:33 pm Wednesday, December 4, 2024
The Phoenix Suns (12-8) are only 1.5-point favorites as they try to stop a three-game road losing streak when they visit the New Orleans Pelicans (4-18) on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at Smoothie King Center. The contest airs at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and AZFamily.
Why don’t you check out the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Thursday’s game, before you place a wager on this matchup?
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Suns vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports and AZFamily
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Suns vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Suns (- 1.5)
- Phoenix has beaten the spread eight times in 20 games.
- New Orleans has seven wins in 22 games against the spread this season.
- The Suns’ ATS record as 1.5-point favorites or more is 5-6.
- Against the spread as 1.5-point underdogs or greater, the Pelicans are 6-9.
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Pick OU:
Over (219.5)
- In 13 games this season, the Suns and their opponents have scored more than 219.5 total points.
- Pelicans games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 219.5 points in 12 of 22 outings.
- The average point total in Phoenix’s games this year is 226.2, 6.7 more than this matchup’s over/under.
- New Orleans’ games this season have had an average of 222 points, 2.5 fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Pelicans are the league’s 22nd-highest scoring team this season compared to the 24th-ranked Suns.
- This game features the league’s 25th-ranked (Pelicans) and eighth-ranked (Suns) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Suns (-120)
- The Suns have entered the game as favorites 10 times this season and won nine of those games.
- The Pelicans have come away with two wins in the 15 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This season, Phoenix has won nine of its 10 games, or 90%, when favored by at least -120 on the moneyline.
- This year, New Orleans has won two of 14 games when listed as at least +100 or better on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Suns, based on the moneyline, is 54.5%.
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