NBA Best Bets: Kings vs. Pelicans Picks for February 12
Published 10:33 pm Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (12-41) are underdogs (+4.5) as they try to end a nine-game losing streak when they host the Sacramento Kings (27-26) at 8:00 PM ET on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The contest airs on NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports.
To find the best bets you can make on Wednesday’s game, based on our computer predictions, see below.
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Kings vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports
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Kings vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Kings (- 4.5)
- Sacramento has 20 wins in 53 games against the spread this year.
- New Orleans is 22-31-0 against the spread this year.
- The Kings have an ATS record of 11-16 as 4.5-point favorites or greater.
- The Pelicans have an ATS record of 13-19 as 4.5-point underdogs or more.
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Pick OU:
Under (237.5)
- Kings games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 237.5 points 24 times.
- The Pelicans have played 18 games this season that finished with a combined score higher than 237.5 points.
- Sacramento has had an average of 229.4 points in its games this season, 8.1 fewer than this matchup’s total.
- New Orleans’ outings this season have a 226.4-point average over/under, 11.1 fewer points than this game’s point total.
- The Kings score the ninth-most points in the league this season, while the Pelicans’ offense puts up the 20th-most.
- This matchup features the league’s 27th-ranked (Pelicans) and 21st-ranked (Kings) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Kings (-190)
- The Kings have won 22, or 56.4%, of the 39 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- The Pelicans have been chosen as underdogs in 38 games this year and have walked away with the win five times (13.2%) in those games.
- This season, Sacramento has won 16 of its 25 games, or 64%, when favored by at least -190 on the moneyline.
- This year, New Orleans has won one of 29 games when listed as at least +155 or better on the moneyline.
- The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 65.5% chance of a victory for the Kings.
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