2023 New Orleans Pelicans Win Total Odds and Season Preview

After last season’s 42-win campaign that failed to earn them a playoff berth, the New Orleans Pelicans carry an over/under of 44.5 wins for 2023-24.

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• Win Total Over/Under: 44.5
• Over 44.5 Wins Payout: -105
• Under 44.5 Wins Payout: -115

• The Pelicans put together a 40-42-0 record against the spread last season.
• New Orleans went 28-15 in games it was favored on the moneyline last season (winning 65.1% of those games).
• Last season, NOLA won 14 out of the 39 games, or 35.9%, in which it was the underdog.
• The Pelicans picked up 27 wins at home last season and 15 on the road.
• The Pels were 7-8 last season when favored by three points or fewer, and were 21-7 when favored by 3.5 points or more.
• While NOLA took home the victory in 12 games last season when set as the underdog by three or fewer points (12-4), the team went 2-21 when its opponent was favored by three or more points.

• The Pelicans will face the fifth-easiest schedule in the league, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (3242).
• New Orleans is playing the second-easiest divisional schedule this season (based on its Southwest Division opponents’ combined win total last year).
• The Pels have 46 games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2022-23. That schedule includes 15 games against teams that ended with 50 or more victories and 10 games versus squads with fewer than 26 wins last year.

• CJ McCollum: 20.9 PTS, 5.7 AST, 43.7 FG%, 38.8 3PT% (211-for-544)
• Jonas Valančiūnas: 14.1 PTS, 10.2 REB, 54.7 FG%, 34.9 3PT% (38-for-109)
• Brandon Ingram: 24.7 PTS, 5.8 AST, 48.4 FG%, 39.0 3PT% (64-for-164)
• Herbert Jones: 9.8 PTS, 1.6 STL, 46.9 FG%, 33.5 3PT% (56-for-167)