The Los Angeles Lakers (8-4) are 6.5-point favorites as they try to build on a four-game win streak when they visit the New Orleans Pelicans (4-9) on Saturday, November 16, 2024 at Smoothie King Center. The game airs at 8:00 PM ET on SportsNet LA and Gulf Coast Sports.

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Lakers vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds

• Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: SportsNet LA and Gulf Coast Sports
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• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Lakers vs. Pelicans Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Lakers 116 – Pelicans 111

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Spread & Total Prediction for Lakers vs. Pelicans

• Pick ATS: Pelicans (+ 6.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Lakers (-4.7)
• Pick OU:

  Over (220.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 227.1

• The Pelicans (3-10-0 ATS) have covered the spread 58.3% of the time, 35.2% less often than the Lakers (7-5-0) this season.
• Los Angeles covers the spread when it is a 6.5-point favorite or more 40% of the time. That’s more often than New Orleans covers as an underdog of 6.5 or more (never covered this season).
• Los Angeles and its opponents have eclipsed the over/under 58.3% of the time this season (seven out of 12). That’s more often than New Orleans and its opponents have (seven out of 13).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Lakers are 6-1, a better tally than the Pelicans have posted (2-5) as moneyline underdogs.

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Lakers Performance Insights

• The Lakers rank sixth in the NBA with 117.8 points per game this year. At the other end, they rank 25th with 117.3 points allowed per contest.
• While Los Angeles is in the bottom five in the NBA in rebounds per game with 40.8 (fourth-worst), it ranks 11th in the league with 42.4 rebounds allowed per contest.
• So far this year, the Lakers rank 10th in the league in assists, dishing out 27.4 per game.
• So far this year, Los Angeles is averaging 12.3 turnovers per game (eighth-ranked in NBA) and forcing 12.9 turnovers per contest (22nd-ranked).
• This season, the Lakers are making 12.5 three-pointers per game (16th-ranked in NBA) and are shooting 37.5% (ninth-ranked) from beyond the arc.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• The Pelicans are the second-worst squad in the league in points scored (105.1 per game) and 20th in points allowed (114).
• On the boards, New Orleans is 18th in the NBA in rebounds (43.4 per game). It is third-best in rebounds allowed (41.8 per game).
• The Pelicans are 25th in the league in assists (23.9 per game) in 2024-25.
• With 14.2 turnovers committed per game and 13 turnovers forced, New Orleans is 17th and 21st in the NBA, respectively.
• The Pelicans are the fourth-worst squad in the league in 3-pointers made (11.2 per game) and 19th in 3-point percentage (34.5%).

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