NBA Best Bets: Kings vs. Pelicans Picks for February 8

Published 5:39 pm Friday, February 7, 2025

The New Orleans Pelicans (12-39) are underdogs (+7.5) as they attempt to end a seven-game losing streak when they visit the Sacramento Kings (25-26) at 10:00 PM ET on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Golden 1 Center. The game airs on NBCS-CA, Gulf Coast Sports, and WVUE.

Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (based on our computer predictions) for Saturday’s game, before you place a wager on this matchup?

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Kings vs. Pelicans Game Info

  • When: Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
  • Where: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California
  • TV: NBCS-CA, Gulf Coast Sports, and WVUE
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Kings vs. Pelicans Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Kings (- 7.5)

  • Sacramento’s record against the spread is 20-31-0.
  • New Orleans has 21 wins in 51 games against the spread this season.
  • The Kings are 7-6 as 7.5-point favorites or more.
  • The Pelicans’ ATS record as 7.5-point underdogs or more is 9-16.

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Pick OU:

Under (237.5)

  • The Kings and their opponents have scored more than 237.5 points in 22 of 51 games this season.
  • The Pelicans have played 16 games this season that ended with a combined score over 237.5 points.
  • The average point total in Sacramento’s games this season is 229, 8.5 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
  • New Orleans’ contests this season have a 226-point average over/under, 11.5 fewer points than this game’s point total.
  • The Pelicans are the league’s 20th-highest scoring team this season compared to the ninth-ranked Kings.
  • This contest features the league’s 27th-ranked (Pelicans) and 21st-ranked (Kings) scoring defenses.

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Moneyline Pick: Kings (-285)

  • This season, the Kings have been favored 37 times and won 20, or 54.1%, of those games.
  • The Pelicans have been underdogs in 36 games this season and have come away with the win five times (13.9%) in those contests.
  • Sacramento has a record of 8-4, a 66.7% win rate, when it’s favored by -285 or more by bookmakers this season.
  • New Orleans has yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +230 or worse on the moneyline this season.
  • The Kings have a 74% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.

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