Thunder vs Pelicans

NBA odds, picks, and predictions for the New Orleans Pelicans at Oklahoma City Thunder on February 13. NBA betting best bet and free pick analysis.

The Pelicans have had a tough time bouncing back after losses without Williamson in the line-up. The Pelicans are the bigger wildcard for this total tonight. A line north of 235 speaks volumes for the offensive talent on show, and both teams should be fresher after two days off. As I’ve established, the Thunder are no strangers to high-scoring shootouts. The ahead-of-schedule Thunder continue to crash the party for a play-in spot in the West and are only two games back from the No. Josh Giddey had 19 points and seven assists against the Trail Blazers and Dort was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field. Ingram has stepped into the void, scoring efficiently and creating good looks for his teammates (16 assists over his last two games). 1 factor for siding with the Thunder. With Williamson out, there’s not a lot to choose between these two rosters – hence the short line. In short, teams are having no problem pouring in big totals against this Thunder defense. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a big reason for that and his 44-point clinic was enough to sink the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday. Like the Thunder, they’re currently sitting in a play-in spot, but Zion Williamson’s ongoing absence has hit New Orleans hard.

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The New Orleans Pelicans (29-28) visit the Oklahoma City Thunder (27-28) on Monday night. Action tips off at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds ...

The X-factor for the Thunder tonight is wing Josh Giddey. Additionally, the Thunder play at the third-fastest pace in the league and are therefore relentlessly attacking opposing defenses as they average the most shot attempts per game. They are especially attuned to attacking the basket and getting easy buckets as they average the fourth-most points in the paint per game. The sharpshooter has drained multiple threes in four consecutive games and he’ll have a good chance to make that five against a Thunder defense allowing the ninth-most threes per game. New Orleans ranks fifth in points in the paint and attempts the eighth-most free throws per game. He’s taken on a much bigger role this season with New Orleans’ various injuries and has proven he belongs in the NBA. He is coming off a monster game in their win over Portland that saw him score 44 points on a highly-efficient 13/16 shooting. That bodes well for their chances of covering tonight considering the Thunder allow the ninth-most points in the paint in the league. Over his last four games, Ingram has averaged 29 PPG, 6.8 APG, and 5.0 RPG while shooting 54% from the floor. Despite that, they have turned things around somewhat thanks to the return of Brandon Ingram. The Pelicans covered 48% of their games while 56% went over the projected point total. The Thunder covered a league-best 63% of their games while 60% went over.

The Thunder was chasing the game all night. Restlessly attacking and swarming, intelligently leveraging its scheme and skills, OKC fought and scrat...

The play sent the Thunder off in transition where Josh Giddey finished a layup on the other end of the floor. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, who made his return to the lineup after missing the last 28 games with a severe ankle sprain, got the action going by putting up a 3 that missed, but the Thunder kept the ball alive on the offensive glass, tracked down a loose ball and eventually Giddey found Joe for one of the sharpshooter’s four-made 3s in the game. Paris: Josh Giddey stole the ball from Brandon Ingram in transition and threw himself into the sidelines to save it from going out of bounds and threw it into the hands of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. They were more physical, more alert in the first quarter and it took us a long time. It's good once you come back from around 20 and you get it down to 3 and you still have a lot of time left. The ball started to roll out of bounds, but Giddey flipped it back inbounds with a save and it led to a Shai to JDub to Shai give and go fast break dunk that brought the house down. Then after turning the ball over, Giddey hunted Brandon Ingram in transition and hustled back to make a steal in the back court. SGA advanced the ball ahead to Jalen Williams who took a quick dribble and threw a no-look behind the back pass back to Gilgeous-Alexander who slammed home a two-handed flush. The next offensive possession J-Dub had the ball out in transition and rather than taking it himself, he dropped it off to Kenrich Williams for a dunk. OKC’s first inbounds pass got deflected out of bounds, then Isaiah Joe curled around to catch and hoisted a 3 but it bounced high off the back of the rim and missed, leaving the Thunder with a 103-100 loss. Nick: Brandon Ingram got off to a hot start for New Orleans, but on a possession midway through the first quarter, the Thunder started to make him feel pressure. Falling behind 10-1 in the opening minutes to a New Orleans Pelicans team paced by Brandon Ingram, who scored his team’s first 12 points, the Thunder was constantly running uphill the rest of the night inside Paycom Center.