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San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 22, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET

Venue: Smoothie King Center — New Orleans, LA

Article updated Dec 21, 10:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

San Antonio is on the road playing New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center stadium on Thursday, 12/22/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. New Orleans -7.5 was the opening favorite and current

Game outlook

San Antonio is on the road playing New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center stadium on Thursday, 12/22/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. New Orleans -7.5 was the opening favorite and current line is New Orleans -8.5.

San Antonio Highlights

With a power ranking of 30, San Antonio is ranked #26 in offense (scoring an average of 109.86 per game), #30 in defense (allowing an average of 120.03 points to be scored against them per game) and are 10-20 (13-17 ATS) this season.

New Orleans Highlights

New Orleans Pelicans has a power ranking of 6 and are #4 for offense (scoring an average of 117.28 per game), #12 for defense (giving up an average of 120.03 points per game) and 18-12 (15-15 ATS) overall. San Antonio went 3-0 (3-0 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against New Orleans.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be SAN 122.75, NOP 105.75. The SportsJaw community predicts San Antonio Spurs to cover (54%) OddsShark predicts New Orleans will win, san antonio will cover, and the total will go under.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Spurs 104 to Pelicans 128.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Spurs 104 to Pelicans 128.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

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Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · San Antonio Spurs+268 → +293Moved
  • Moneyline · New Orleans Pelicans-338 → -350Moved
  • Spread · San Antonio Spurs+7.5 (-110) → +8.5 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · New Orleans Pelicans-7.5 (-110) → -8.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over226 (-110) → 228.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under226 (-110) → 228.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

San Antonio Spurs
1-2 matchup record · 4-6-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
New Orleans Pelicans
0-3 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-22T03:14:10.590Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-12-02New Orleans Pelicans 117 · San Antonio Spurs 99
  • 2022-11-23New Orleans Pelicans 129 · San Antonio Spurs 110
Final result

Matchup pick recap

New Orleans Pelicans defeated San Antonio Spurs 126-117

New Orleans Pelicans defeated San Antonio Spurs 126-117 on December 22, 2022, a 9-point decision in the series. New Orleans Pelicans' strongest period was the 1st quarter, when it outscored its opponent 37-17. Against SportsJaw's recorded San Antonio Spurs +8.5 (-110) spread, New Orleans Pelicans covered, while the 243 combined points finished over the recorded total of 228.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • JaredkuntzSpread · San Antonio Spurs +7.5 (-110)Loss
  • CovergirlSpread · San Antonio Spurs +7.5 (-110)Loss
  • NutinbutlocksTotal · Under 226 (-110)Loss
  • JackCohenTotal · Under 226 (-110)Loss
  • Drew_WestcottSpread · New Orleans Pelicans -7.5 (-110)Win
  • JamescashiolaSpread · San Antonio Spurs +7.5 (-110)Loss
  • GustavosintoSpread · San Antonio Spurs +7.5 (-110)Loss
  • StevehSpread · San Antonio Spurs +7.5 (-110)Loss
  • GtpixSpread · New Orleans Pelicans -7.5 (-110)Win
  • DoclocksSpread · San Antonio Spurs +7.5 (-110)Loss
  • MookiebetsSpread · San Antonio Spurs +7.5 (-110)Loss
  • FrenchmilioSpread · San Antonio Spurs +8 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioSpread · San Antonio Spurs +8.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Under 228 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · San Antonio Spurs +8.5 (-110)Loss
Covers
Spread · New Orleans Pelicans -8.5 (-110)
Win
  • MuterovinceMoneyline · New Orleans Pelicans -350Win
  • MuterovinceSpread · New Orleans Pelicans -8.5 (-110)Win
  • chickenorcatTotal · Over 228 (-110)Win