Suns vs Pelicans Prediction & Betting Preview
Phoenix is on the road playing New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center stadium on Friday, 12/9/2022 @ 8:30pm EST. Phoenix -2 was the opening favorite and current line is
Game outlook
Phoenix is on the road playing New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center stadium on Friday, 12/9/2022 @ 8:30pm EST. Phoenix -2 was the opening favorite and current line is Phoenix -1.5.
As the Phoenix Suns head to New Orleans to face the streaking Pelicans, they look to snap their two-game slide.
Given the Suns' two losses have been by double digits despite being against the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics, both playoff caliber teams, it is quite intriguing that they are only a -1.5 favorite. There have been some great performances by the Pelicans lately. Zion Williamson is in good health and scored 25 points in 4 out of 5 games. Three of the teams will be in the lottery sweepstakes for the first overall pick of Victor Wembanyama if we look at the games they played during their 5-game winning streak.
A previous match between these two teams took place on October 28th, when the Suns defeated the Pelicans 124-111. To keep things in perspective, the Pelicans were without Zion and Brandon Ingram. Ingram is listed out tonight, which is a blow for the Pelicans since he's a threat.
Phoenix Betting Summary
With a power ranking of 3, Phoenix is ranked #7 in offense (scoring an average of 115.76 per game), #8 in defense (allowing an average of 109.92 points to be scored against them per game) and are 16-9 (14-11 ATS) this season.
New Orleans Betting Summary
New Orleans Pelicans has a power ranking of 2 and are #5 for offense (scoring an average of 116.71 per game), #6 for defense (giving up an average of 109.92 points per game) and 16-8 (13-11 ATS) overall. Phoenix went 0-3 (0-3 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against New Orleans.