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New Orleans Pelicans3331163216128
Oklahoma City Thunder2323313513125

New Orleans Pelicans vs Oklahoma City Thunder Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 23, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET

Venue: Paycom Center — Oklahoma City, OK

Article updated Dec 22, 2:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

New Orleans is on the road playing Oklahoma City at the Paycom Center stadium on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. New Orleans -1.5 was the opening favorite and current line

Game outlook

New Orleans is on the road playing Oklahoma City at the Paycom Center stadium on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 8:00pm EST. New Orleans -1.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Oklahoma City -1.5.

New Orleans Highlights

With a power ranking of 6, New Orleans is ranked #3 in offense (scoring an average of 117.33 per game), #14 in defense (allowing an average of 112.50 points to be scored against them per game) and are 19-12 (16-15 ATS) this season.

Oklahoma City Highlights

Oklahoma City Thunder has a power ranking of 28 and are #10 for offense (scoring an average of 115.09 per game), #25 for defense (giving up an average of 112.50 points per game) and 14-18 (20-12 ATS) overall. New Orleans went 1-2 (3-0 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Oklahoma City.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be NOP 118, OKC 115. The SportsJaw community predicts New Orleans Pelicans to cover (53%) OddsShark predicts New Orleans will win, cover the spread, and the total will go under.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Pelicans 117 to Thunder 112.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Pelicans 117 to Thunder 112.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

NBA · New Orleans Pelicans at Oklahoma City Thunder

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SportsJaw Pelicans vs Thunder archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Pelicans vs Thunder matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · New Orleans Pelicans-118 → +107Moved
  • Moneyline · Oklahoma City Thunder+108 → -125Moved
  • Spread · New Orleans Pelicans-1.5 (-110) → +1.5 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Oklahoma City Thunder+1.5 (-110) → -1.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over231.5 (-110) → 233 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under231.5 (-110) → 233 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

New Orleans Pelicans
0-3 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Oklahoma City Thunder
4-0 matchup record · 7-3-0 ATS · 3-7-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-22T19:14:10.700Z). 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

  • 2022-11-28Oklahoma City Thunder 101 · New Orleans Pelicans 105
Final result

Matchup pick recap

New Orleans Pelicans defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 128-125

New Orleans Pelicans defeated Oklahoma City Thunder 128-125 on December 23, 2022, a 3-point decision in the series. New Orleans Pelicans' strongest period was the 1st quarter, when it outscored its opponent 33-23. Against SportsJaw's recorded New Orleans Pelicans +1.5 (-110) spread, New Orleans Pelicans covered, while the 253 combined points finished over the recorded total of 233.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • JoeyBergTotal · Under 231.5 (-110)Loss
  • IrishblueTotal · Over 231.5 (-110)Win
  • SfdanSpread · Oklahoma City Thunder -2 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioSpread · New Orleans Pelicans +2.5 (-110)Win
  • CoolioTotal · Under 230.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · New Orleans Pelicans +2.5 (-110)Win
  • CoversSpread · Oklahoma City Thunder -2.5 (-110)Loss
  • DouwannaSpread · New Orleans Pelicans +2.5 (-110)Win
  • 1954085126Total · Over 231.5 (-110)Win