The Sacramento Kings (12-13) are favored by 5.5 points against the New Orleans Pelicans (5-20) on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET. The matchup airs on Gulf Coast Sports and NBCS-CA.

For the best bets you can place on Thursday’s game, based on our computer predictions, see below.

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Kings vs. Pelicans Game Info

• When: Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
• Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
• TV: Gulf Coast Sports and NBCS-CA
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Kings vs. Pelicans Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Kings (- 5.5)

• Sacramento is 11-14-0 against the spread this season.
• New Orleans’ record against the spread is 9-16-0.
• The Kings are 7-6 as 5.5-point favorites or more.
• The Pelicans’ ATS record as 5.5-point underdogs or more is 5-8.

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Pick OU:

Under (230.5)

• The Kings and their opponents have gone over 230.5 combined points in 13 of 25 games this season.
• The Pelicans have combined with their opponent to score more than 230.5 points in seven of 25 games this season.
• Sacramento’s games this season have had an average of 228.5 points, two fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
• The average over/under for New Orleans’ contests this season is 222.1, 8.4 fewer points than this game’s point total.
• The Kings are the sixth-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Pelicans have scored the 21st-most points.
• This game features the NBA’s 26th-ranked (Pelicans) and 24th-ranked (Kings) scoring defenses.

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Moneyline Pick: Kings (-225)

• This season, the Kings have won 10 out of the 18 games, or 55.6%, in which they’ve been favored.
• The Pelicans have been underdogs in 18 games this season and have come away with the win three times (16.7%) in those contests.
• Sacramento has a record of 8-5, a 61.5% win rate, when it’s favored by -225 or more by bookmakers this season.
• New Orleans has yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +185 or worse on the moneyline this season.
• The Kings have a 69.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.

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