The New Orleans Pelicans and Philadelphia 76ers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 31.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 01:30 UK;
Venue – Smoothie King Center (17.805);
City – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+4) for 76ers – 1.57.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 226 – 1.77.
The Pelicans are too much into the offensive game. Such tactics can play tricks on them. The Philadelphia 76ers are better defensively, so the Sixers can win with that.
The New Orleans Pelicans have been very productive in recent games. For example, the Pelicans scored at least 119 points in 4 of their 5 games. In away games, the figure is lower, but the 76ers still managed 110 points. With all that in mind, we think the game will be quite productive.
Zion Williamson returned to the lineup for the New Orleans Pelicans. With him, the Pelicans looked more confident offensively. In their last game, for example, the Louisiana team defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves (119-118) and Williamson had 43 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.
On the whole, Willie Green’s men look very confident right now. In addition to beating the Timberwolves, they also defeated the Indiana Pacers(113-93), Oklahoma City Thunder (128-125) and San Antonio Spurs (126-117).
There have been no more than 225 points in each of the last six head-to-head meetings.
Three days earlier, the Philadelphia 76ers had lost on the road to the Washington Wizards (111-116). Thus, the Sixers broke their eight-game winning streak. The drop did not have any effect on the position of the Pennsylvania team. The Sixers remain in fifth place in the Eastern standings.
In the game against the Wizards, Joel Embiid scored 48 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.
It’s worth adding that Doc Rivers’s team hasn’t been at its best on the road. They’ve lost 8 of their last 14 road games, although the Sixers have made some progress.
The Philadelphia Sixers are averaging 111.7 points per game this season.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
New Orleans Pelicans: CJ McCollum – Naji Marshall – Trey Murphy III – Zion Williamson – Jonas Valančiūnas.
Philadelphia 76ers: James Harden – De’Anthony Melton – Tobias Harris – P. J. Tucker – Joel Embiid.
E.J. Liddell (Out), Brandon Ingram (Out), Larry Nance Jr. (Day-to-day) and Herbert Jones (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Only Tyrese Maxey (Out) is listed as injured for the Philadelphia 76ers.
The fixture will be played at Smoothie King Center (17.805) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 31st of December, 2022, at 01:30 UK Time.
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