The New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 23.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 01:00 UK;
Venue – Smoothie King Center (17.805);
City – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-7.5) for Pelicans – 1.97.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 229 – 1.668.
This season, the Pelicans have beaten their opponent twice on the road in their head-to-head encounters. This time, Willie Green’s squad shouldn’t have any trouble scoring points with the support of their fans either. Even in Williamson’s absence.
The New Orleans Pelicans are averaging 117 points in home games, while the San Antonio Spurs are averaging 111 away. As a rule, the two teams have a high-scoring streak in their head-to-head encounters. However, without Williamson, the Pelicans are unlikely to load the visitors’ basket decently.
The New Orleans Pelicans are on a bad streak. The team has lost four games in a row. The Pelicans lost twice to the Utah Jazz (100-121 and 129-132). They also lost to the Phoenix Suns (114-118). Zion Williamson was the difference-maker for the Pelicans in that game. The player scored 30 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists against the Suns.
The Pelicans began their home streak with a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks (119-128). Jonas Valanciunas scored in that game for New Orleans. He scored 37 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists.
Before that, the team had a winning streak of seven games and first place in the Western Conference.
The New Orleans Pelicans lost their lead in the Western Conference because of their black streak. The team dropped to third place with 18 wins and 12 losses. The Grizzlies and Nuggets missed out on the lead.
The New Orleans Pelicans have won by a handicap of at least ten points in their last four games.
Three wins in five games. The team defeated neighbours in the standings, the Houston Rockets (124-105), on the last day of the regular season.
Devin Vassell was the best player in the game. The Spurs forward scored 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
The San Antonio Spurs climbed to 14th place in the Western Conference with 10 wins and 20 losses. The Houston Rockets dropped to last place.
The San Antonio Spurs had scored 112+ points in five of the previous six encounters.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
New Orleans Pelicans: CJ McCollum – Herb Jones – Trey Murphy III – Zion Williamson – Jonas Valančiūnas.
San Antonio Spurs: Tre Jones – Romeo Langford – Devin Vassell – Keita Bates-Diop – Jakob Poeltl.
E.J. Liddell (Out), Brandon Ingram (Out), Zion Williamson (Day-to-day) and Larry Nance Jr. (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Keldon Johnson (Day-to-day), Jakob Poeltl )Day-to-day) and Romeo Langford (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the San Antonio Spurs.
The fixture will be played at Smoothie King Center (17.805) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 23rd of December, 2022, at 01:00 UK Time.
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