New Orleans Pelicans (3-6) vs Brooklyn Nets (4-4)
November 11, 2024 at 08:00 PM EST
The Line: Betting Odds: New Orleans Pelicans +1.5 — Over/Under: 215
The Brooklyn Nets invade the Smoothie King Center to battle the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. Here’s a Brooklyn Nets vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction. This article will include a Brooklyn Nets vs New Orleans Pelicans Pick.
Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets have cooled off a bit recently with three losses in their last four games and they will be hoping to bounce back after falling just short to the undefeated Cavaliers in a 105-100 road defeat on Saturday. Cam Johnson led the team with 23 points on eight of 13 shooting, Dennis Schroder and Cam Thomas each scored 22 points while Nic Claxton chipped in with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists. As a team, the Nets shot 44 percent from the field and 15 of 43 from the 3-point line as they played excellent defense to restrict the Cavaliers to just 13 points in the third quarter to take a 14-point lead, only to see their hard work go to waste in the fourth quarter where they got outscored by 35-18. All five starters finished in double figures in scoring but the bench players combined for just 13 points.
New Orleans Pelicans
Meanwhile, the New Orleans Pelicans have been in a real slump as they’ve lost seven of their last eight games overall and they will be hoping to arrest a four-game slide after getting thrashed by the Magic in a 115-88 road defeat on Friday. Brandon Boston Jr led the team with 26 points on 10 of 17 shooting, Jose Alverado added 21 points with five assists while Brandon Ingram chipped in with 11 points and five assists. As a team, the Pelicans shot just 38 percent from the field and 10 of 31 from the 3-point line as they struggled right from the start, leaking 37 points in the first quarter to fall behind by double digits and things only got worse in the fourth quarter where they scored just 16 points themselves. The Pels will take on the Thunder after this game.
Why the Brooklyn Nets will win
- The Nets have won each of their last eight night games against Pelicans teams that held a losing record.
- The Pelicans have lost each of their last seven games as underdogs against Atlantic Division opponents.
- The Nets have covered the spread in nine of their last 10 night games.
- The Pelicans have failed to cover the spread in eight of their last nine games against teams that held a losing record.
Total Points Facts
- Each of the Pelicans’ last five games against the Nets following a road loss has gone OVER the total points line.
- Five of the Nets’ last six games have gone UNDER the total points line.
Brooklyn Nets vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction
The Nets are still shorthanded with Bojan Bogdanovic and Trendon Watford still out, while the Pelicans are still missing CJ McCollum, Zion Williamson, Dejounte Murray, and Herbert Jones. The Nets are coming into this one fresh off two losses, but those games were against the best teams in the league and the Nets were surprisingly competitive in both games. In contrast, the Pelicans have been ice-cold lately, they are missing almost all their best players and just got smashed by a shorthanded Magic team. The Nets come into this meeting as the team in better form and I think they get the job done on the road.