NBA Best Bets: Pelicans vs. Spurs Picks for February 23
Published 11:40 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 teams this season.
Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Sunday’s game, before you place a wager on this matchup?
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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)
- New Orleans has covered the spread 23 times in 56 games.
- San Antonio has beaten the spread 24 times in 54 games.
- Against the spread as 1.5-point favorites or more, the Pelicans are 5-10.
- The Spurs have an ATS record of 16-20 as 1.5-point underdogs or more.
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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.
- The Spurs have played 14 games this season that have gone over 239.5 combined points scored.
- The average total in New Orleans’ outings this year is 226.9, 12.6 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- San Antonio’s games this season have had an average of 226.4 points, 13.1 fewer points than this game’s total.
- The Pelicans score the 21st-most points in the league this season, while the Spurs’ offense puts up the 23rd-most.
- This matchup features the NBA’s ninth-ranked (Spurs) and 27th-ranked (Pelicans) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Spurs (-102)
- The Pelicans have been favorites in 15 games this season and won seven (46.7%) of those contests.
- The Spurs have won in 11, or 30.6%, of the 36 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- New Orleans has a record of 6-6, a 50% win rate, when it’s favored by -118 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- This season, San Antonio has come away with a win 11 times in 36 chances when named as an underdog of at least -102 or longer on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Pelicans, based on the moneyline, is 54.1%.
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