New Orleans Pelicans vs Philadelphia 76ers Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 30 (12/30): NBA

New Orleans Pelicans vs Philadelphia 76ers Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 30 (12/30): NBA

 

Odds

Time 8:00 p.m. EST
76ers money line +110
76ers spread +1 (-110)
Pelicans money line -120
Pelicans spread -1 (-110)
Over / under 229

 

2022-2023 season stats

  Philadelphia 76ers New Orleans Pelicans
Record 17-16 20-12
Road / home record 8-9 13-4
Streak W2 W2
Points per game 114.00 117.00
Points allowed per game 115.33 112.67
Rebounds per game 42.00 44.00
Rebounds allowed per game 46.67 42.33
Over / under record 14-19 19-13
 

Preview

The Philadelphia 76ers and the New Orleans Pelicans will meet again at the Smoothie King Center on Monday night. These teams already faced each other earlier this season and the 76ers won the game 129-122 at home.  

 

Philadelphia 76ers

The Sixers have won their last 7 games and are 5-7 on the road so far this season ranking 3rd in the Atlantic Division with a 18-12 record. Philadelphia is second in the Eastern Conference shooting 38.2% from deep, led by Tyrese Maxey shooting 42.2% from 3-point range.

Joel Embiid is averaging 32.5 points, 10 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.6 blocks for the 76ers. Tobias Harris is averaging 15.9 points and 5.1 rebounds over the past 10 games for Philadelphia.

In their last 10 games the 76ers are 7-3, averaging 115.8 points, 41.4 rebounds, 26.3 assists, 8.8 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.4 points.

New Orleans Pelicans

The Pelicans get here with an 20-12 record and are 13-4 at home this season ranking 1st in the Southwest Division. New Orleans is seventh in the Western Conference with 11.5 offensive rebounds per game led by Jonas Valanciunas averaging 2.7.

CJ McCollum averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Pelicans, scoring 19.4 points while shooting 36.3% from beyond the arc. Zion Williamson is shooting 64.3% and averaging 19.8 points over the last 10 games for New Orleans.

In their last 10 games the Pelicans are 6-4, averaging 119.8 points, 44.6 rebounds, 26.9 assists, 8.9 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.6 points per game.

 

BETTING TRENDS

Philadelphia are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games against New Orleans.

Philadelphia are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games against New Orleans.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games on the road.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against New Orleans..

The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Orleans' last 7 games.

New Orleans are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 10 of New Orleans' last 15 games against Philadelphia.

 

Prediction

The Pelicans have won 4 games in a row and they play their best basketball at home where they have won 15 of their 19 games played there. The 76ers have been on fire but they just lost against the Wizards. These are two of the best offenses in the league so expect a high scoring game so I'm going with the over.

PICK: Over 229 (-110)

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