The New Orleans Pelicans (5-29) are favored (by 5.5 points) to stop a seven-game home losing streak when they host the Washington Wizards (6-25) on Friday, January 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET.

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Pelicans vs. Wizards Game Info & Odds

• Date: Friday, January 3, 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and MNMT
• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Pelicans vs. Wizards Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Pelicans 115 – Wizards 113

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Spread & Total Prediction for Pelicans vs. Wizards

• Pick ATS: Wizards (+ 5.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Pelicans (-2.3)
• Pick OU:

  Under (232.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 227.7

• The Wizards’ .419 ATS win percentage (13-18-0 ATS Record) is higher than the Pelicans’ .353 mark (12-22-0 ATS Record) in 2024-25.
• New Orleans hasn’t covered the spread as a 5.5-point favorite or more this season, while Washington covers as an underdog of 5.5 or more 37.9% of the time.
• New Orleans and its opponents have exceeded the point total 55.9% of the time this season (19 out of 34). That’s more often than Washington and its opponents have (16 out of 31).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Pelicans are 2-5, while the Wizards are 6-25 as moneyline underdogs.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• While the Pelicans rank in the bottom five in the NBA in points per game with 106.7 (third-worst), they rank 25th in the league with 118 points allowed per contest.
• New Orleans, who ranks 25th in the league with 42.6 boards per game, is allowing 45.4 rebounds per contest, which is fifth-worst in the NBA.
• This year, the Pelicans rank 23rd in the league in assists, delivering 24.5 per game.
• New Orleans is 18th in the NBA with 14.4 turnovers per game so far this season. Meanwhile, it ranks 14th with 14.1 forced turnovers per game.
• In terms of three-pointers, the Pelicans have been inefficient, as they rank second-worst in the league in threes made (11.2 per game) and fifth-worst in three-point percentage (33.3%).

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Wizards Performance Insights

• The Wizards are 23rd in the NBA in points scored (108.9 per game) and worst in points allowed (121.9).
• Washington is 14th in the NBA in rebounds per game (44) and worst in rebounds allowed (48.6).
• The Wizards are 19th in the league in assists (25.1 per game) in 2024-25.
• In terms of turnovers, Washington is fifth-worst in the league in committing them (15.6 per game). And it is ranked 24th in forcing them (13 per game).
• Beyond the arc, the Wizards are 21st in the league in 3-pointers made per game (12.4). They are fourth-worst in 3-point percentage at 33.2%.

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