NBA Best Bets: Mavericks vs. Pelicans Picks for January 29
Published 9:33 pm Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (12-35) host the Dallas Mavericks (25-22) after winning three home games in a row. The Mavericks are favored by 3.5 points in the contest, which starts at 8:00 PM ET on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Hoping to make an informed wager on Wednesday’s game? Check out the best bets available for this matchup (based on our computer predictions) in the following article.
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Mavericks vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports, KFAA, and WFAA
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Mavericks vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Mavericks (- 3.5)
- Dallas has 24 wins in 47 games against the spread this season.
- New Orleans’ record against the spread is 19-28-0.
- The Mavericks have an ATS record of 12-10 as 3.5-point favorites or more.
- Against the spread as 3.5-point underdogs or greater, the Pelicans are 11-17.
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Pick OU:
Under (231.5)
- In 20 games this season, the Mavericks and their opponents have gone over 231.5 combined points.
- The Pelicans have played 19 games this season that finished with a combined score over 231.5 points.
- The average total in Dallas’ games this season is 227.5, four points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- New Orleans has a 225.1-point average over/under in its matchups this season, 6.4 fewer points than this game’s point total.
- The Mavericks score the seventh-most points in the NBA this season, while the Pelicans’ offense puts up the 14th-most.
- This contest features the league’s 28th-ranked (Pelicans) and 20th-ranked (Mavericks) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Mavericks (-155)
- The Mavericks have entered the game as favorites 24 times this season and won 16, or 66.7%, of those games.
- The Pelicans have been victorious in five, or 15.6%, of the 32 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- Dallas has a record of 15-7, a 68.2% win rate, when it’s favored by -155 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- This season, New Orleans has come away with a win two times in 28 chances when named as an underdog of at least +125 or worse on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Mavericks, based on the moneyline, is 60.8%.
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