NBA Best Bets: Pelicans vs. Spurs Picks for February 23
Published 10:33 pm Saturday, February 22, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (13-43) host the San Antonio Spurs (24-30) in a matchup of Southwest Division teams at Smoothie King Center, tipping off at 7:00 PM ET on Sunday, February 23, 2025. The Pelicans are 1.5-point favorites in the game, the second matchup between the squads this season.
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Pelicans vs. Spurs Game Info
- When: Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports and FDSSW
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Pelicans vs. Spurs Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Spurs (+ 1.5)
- Against the spread, New Orleans is 23-33-0 this season.
- Against the spread, San Antonio is 24-30-0 this season.
- Against the spread as 1.5-point favorites or more, the Pelicans are 5-10.
- As 1.5-point underdogs or greater, the Spurs are 16-20 against the spread.
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Pick OU:
Under (239.5)
- Pelicans games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 239.5 points 14 times.
- Spurs games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 239.5 points in 14 of 54 outings.
- New Orleans’ games this season have had an average of 226.9 points, 12.6 fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- The average total for San Antonio’s games this season is 226.4 points, 13.1 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The Pelicans are the 22nd-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Spurs have scored the 23rd-most points.
- The Pelicans are the league’s 27th-ranked scoring defense while the Spurs are the ninth-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Spurs (+105)
- This season, the Pelicans have been favored 15 times and won seven, or 46.7%, of those games.
- The Spurs have come away with 11 wins in the 36 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- New Orleans has a record of 6-5, a 54.5% win rate, when it’s favored by -125 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- This season, San Antonio has come away with a win 10 times in 35 chances when named as an underdog of at least +105 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 55.6% chance of a victory for the Pelicans.
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