New Orleans Pelicans vs. Charlotte Hornets odds, tips and betting trends

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22 March 2023

New Orleans Pelicans vs. Charlotte Hornets odds, tips and betting trends

The New Orleans Pelicans (35-37) play the Charlotte Hornets (23-50) at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 23, 2023 on BSNO and BSSE.

The Pelicans are a 7.5-point favorite against the Hornets when the Pelicans and the Hornets square off. The game’s point total is set at 225.5.

Pelicans vs. Hornets Betting Odds

Spread: New Orleans -7.5
Total: 225.5
Moneyline: New Orleans -305, Charlotte +243

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Hornets at Pelicans odds, spread, & more

Prediction

Pick ATS: Pelicans (- 7.5)
Pick OU:
Over (225.5)
Prediction:
Pelicans 118 – Hornets 109

New Orleans has come away with 22 wins in the 35 contests it has been listed as the favorite in this season.
This season, New Orleans has come away with a win six times in eight chances when named as a favorite of at least -305 or shorter on the moneyline.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies New Orleans has a 75.3% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.

Charlotte has put together a 15-42 record in games it was listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 26.3% of those games).
Charlotte has a record of 6-20 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +243 or longer (23.1%).
Charlotte has a 29.2% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

The 114.0 points per game the Pelicans average are just 3.4 fewer points than the Hornets allow (117.4).
New Orleans is 20-6 against the spread and 21-5 overall when scoring more than 117.4 points.
Charlotte is 17-9-1 against the spread and 16-11 overall when giving up fewer than 114.0 points.
The Hornets’ 111.3 points per game are just 1.7 fewer points than the 113.0 the Pelicans allow to opponents.
When it scores more than 113.0 points, Charlotte is 21-7-1 against the spread and 16-13 overall.
New Orleans is 25-9-1 against the spread and 26-9 overall when it allows fewer than 111.3 points.
The Pelicans are the NBA’s 16th-ranked scoring team (114.0 PPG), while the Hornets rank 22nd in points per game allowed (117.4) in the league.
Charlotte is the NBA’s 27th-ranked offense (111.3 PPG), while New Orleans is the 14th-ranked defense (113.0).
The Pelicans have totaled 73 more points than their opponents this season (1.0 per game on average), while the Hornets have been out-scored by 448 total points (6.1 per game average differential).

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New Orleans has an average implied point total of 116.9 this season, which is 0.1 points lower than its implied total in Thursday’s game (117).
So far this season, New Orleans has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (117) 30 times.
The average implied point total on the year for Charlotte (118.1) is 9.1 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (109).

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