Phoenix Suns vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 22 (4/22): NBA

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Odds

Time	9:30 p.m. EST
Suns money line	-125
Suns spread	-1.5
Pelicans money line	+105
Pelicans spread	+1.5
Over / under	216

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Record	65-19	39-47
Road / home record	32-9	20-22
Streak	L1	W1
Points per game	114.76	109.35
Points allowed per game	107.44	110.13
Rebounds per game	45.00	45.47
Rebounds allowed per game	44.60	41.52
Over / under record	42-42	35-51

Preview

The Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Pelicans will play game three of the Western Conference first round on Friday night with the series tied 1-1. The Pelicans beat the Suns 125-114 in Game 2. Brandon Ingram led the Pelicans with 37 points, and Devin Booker led the Suns with 31 points. This is the fourth time these teams face off on the current season, the Suns have the lead 2-1 in the series.

Phoenix Suns

The Suns have lost 3 of their last 5 games and are 32-9 on the road ranking first in the Western Conference with a 65-19 record overall, the best in the league. The Suns are 39-13 against Western Conference opponents. Phoenix ranks fifth in the Western Conference with 45.3 rebounds per game led by Deandre Ayton averaging 10.2.

Devin Booker (out) is shooting 46.6% and averaging 26.8 points for the Suns. Landry Shamet is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Phoenix.

In their last 10 games, the Suns are 5-5, averaging 110.5 points, 42.9 rebounds, 26.5 assists, 8.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.4 points.

INJURIES: Devin Booker is out.

New Orleans Pelicans

The Pelicans have won 3 of their last 5 games and are 20-22 at home this season. They have a 39-47 record overall and ranked 3rd in the Southwest in the Northwest. The Pelicans are 25-27 in conference games. New Orleans is seventh in the Western Conference with 25.0 assists per game led by Devonte' Graham averaging 4.2.

Jonas Valanciunas is shooting 54.4% and averaging 17.8 points for the Pelicans. CJ McCollum is averaging 2.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for New Orleans.

In their last 10 games the Pelicans are 6-4, averaging 114.2 points, 43.4 rebounds, 25.2 assists, 9.7 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.1 points per game.

BETTING TRENDS

Phoenix are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games.

Phoenix are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against New Orleans.

New Orleans are 8-4 SU in their last 12 games.

The total has gone OVER in 10 of New Orleans' last 14 games against Phoenix.

Prediction

The Suns will be without their All-Star Devin Booker for this game but they still have many great players to be competitive, they are 8-6 playing without him this season so it's not that bad. The Pelicans won the 2nd game of the series but they win the 45% of the time as underdogs and are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games vs Phoenix. Take the Suns.

PICK: Suns ML (-125)

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