NBA Best Bets: Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers Picks for October 25

Published 11:40 pm Thursday, October 24, 2024

The New Orleans Pelicans (1-0) face the Portland Trail Blazers (0-1) as 5.5-point favorites on Friday, October 25, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET on KATU and Gulf Coast Sports.

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

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Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers Game Info

  • When: Friday, October 25, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET
  • Where: Moda Center in Portland, Oregon
  • TV: KATU and Gulf Coast Sports

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Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Trail Blazers (+ 5.5)

  • New Orleans beat the spread 44 times in 82 games last year.
  • Portland covered the spread 40 times in 82 games last year.
  • Against the spread, as 5.5-point favorites or greater, the Pelicans went 18-12 last season.
  • The Trail Blazers’ ATS record as underdogs of 5.5 points or greater was 30-32 last year.

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Pick OU:

Over (218.5)

  • Pelicans games last season featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 218.5 points 57 times.
  • The Trail Blazers played 48 games last season that went over 218.5 combined points scored.
  • New Orleans games had an average of 227.3 points last season, 8.8 more than the over/under for this game.
  • Portland’s matchups last year had a 222.8 average amount of points, 4.3 more than this game’s over/under.

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Moneyline Pick: Trail Blazers (+185)

  • The Pelicans won 61.2% of the games last season in which they were favored on the moneyline (30-19).
  • The Trail Blazers were underdogs 76 times last season and won 20, or 26.3%, of those games.
  • New Orleans had a record of 24-5 when it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -225 or shorter last year (82.8%).
  • Portland had a record of 9-50, a 15.3% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +185 or more by oddsmakers last season.
  • The Pelicans have a 69.2% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

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