It is Wednesday, January 8, and the Portland Path Blazers (12-23) and New Orleans Pelicans (7-30) are all set to face off on the Smoothie King Heart in New Orleans.
New Orleans misplaced final evening at dwelling to the Timberwolves, 104-97. Zion Williamson made 22 of 9 of 15 photographs within the loss. The Blazers misplaced at Motown on Monday evening to the Pistons 118-115. Anfernee Simons had 36 within the loss.
The Path Blazers are at the moment 4-15 on the street with a -10.1 level differential, whereas the Pelicans are 2-8 of their final ten dwelling video games.
We have got all of the information and evaluation you want forward of the match, together with the most recent on easy methods to get information, odds, latest crew performances, participant stats and, after all, our predictions, our picks and our greatest bets for the sport from our modeling instruments and our crew of consultants.
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Match Particulars for: Path Blazers vs. Pelicans Immediately
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Date: Wednesday January 8, 2025
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Time: 8:00 p.m. EST
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Web site: Smoothie King Heart
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Metropolis: New Orleans, LA
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Sport odds for Path Blazers vs. Pelicans
The newest odds as of Wednesday:
That provides the Path Blazers an implied crew level whole of 112.02 and the Pelicans 113.07.
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Skilled Picks and Predictions for Wednesday’s Path Blazers vs. Pelicans Sport
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Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) likes factors and the Path Blazers: Portland Path Blazers +2
“The Pels are nonetheless somewhat misplaced as they attempt to reintegrate their key gamers right into a system that is not working. The rested Blazers can profit in a aggressive contest.
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Our mannequin calculates projections round each moneyline, unfold and over/beneath guess for each recreation on the NBA schedule based mostly on knowledge factors resembling latest efficiency, head-to-head participant matchups, participant info developments and projected recreation totals.
As soon as the mannequin is full, we place its projections subsequent to the ultimate betting traces for the sport to reach at a relative confidence degree for every guess.
Listed below are the very best bets our mannequin initiatives for at the moment’s Path Blazers & Pelicans recreation:
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Cash line: NBC Sports activities Wager is leaning towards a New Orleans Pelicans recreation on Moneyline.
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Unfold: NBC Sports activities Wager recommends an ATS play on the Portland Path Blazers at +2.
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Complete: NBC Sports activities Wager is leaning in the direction of a play on the UNDER for a complete of 225.
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Stats, developments and essential info to know earlier than the Path Blazers vs. Pelicans recreation on Wednesday
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The Path Blazers have misplaced 15 of 19 street video games this season
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The UNDER is 21-18 in Pelicans dwelling video games and Path Blazers street video games mixed this season.
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The Path Blazers have coated the unfold in 4 of their final 5 street video games towards groups with worse information
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The Pelicans have gained 12 of their final 20 dwelling video games towards groups with shedding information
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