NBA Best Bets: Kings vs. Pelicans Picks for February 12
Published 9:33 pm Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (12-41) are underdogs (+4.5) as they try to stop a nine-game losing streak when they host the Sacramento Kings (27-26) at 8:00 PM ET on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The contest airs on NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports.
To find the best bets you can place on Wednesday’s game, based on our computer predictions, keep reading.
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Kings vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports
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Kings vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Kings (- 4.5)
- Sacramento’s record against the spread is 20-33-0.
- New Orleans has covered the spread 22 times in 53 games.
- The Kings’ ATS record as 4.5-point favorites or more is 11-16.
- The Pelicans’ ATS record as 4.5-point underdogs or greater is 13-19.
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Pick OU:
Under (237.5)
- In 24 games this season, the Kings and their opponents have gone over 237.5 combined points.
- The Pelicans have combined with their opponent to score more than 237.5 points in 18 of 53 games this season.
- The average point total in Sacramento’s outings this year is 229.4, 8.1 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The average total for New Orleans’ games this season is 226.4 points, 11.1 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The Kings score the eighth-most points in the NBA this season, while the Pelicans’ offense racks up the 20th-most.
- The Kings are the league’s 21st-ranked scoring defense while the Pelicans are the 27th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Kings (-180)
- The Kings have entered the game as favorites 39 times this season and won 22, or 56.4%, of those games.
- The Pelicans have come away with five wins in the 38 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This season, Sacramento has won 17 of its 26 games, or 65.4%, when favored by at least -180 on the moneyline.
- This season, New Orleans has come away with a win two times in 32 chances when named as an underdog of at least +145 or worse on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Kings have a 64.3% chance to win.
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