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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Pelicans as -2.5-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game's total opened at 239.5.
The Pelicans were a 153-124 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Jazz. They covered the -7-point spread as favorites, while the total score (277) made winners of OVER bettors.
Oklahoma City won its last outing, a 140-114 result against the Spurs on January 24. The Thunder covered in that game as a -9-point favorite, while the 254 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Oklahoma City:
Team record: 31-13 SU,29-14-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 4 straight games.
Oklahoma City is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
Oklahoma City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Oklahoma City is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
New Orleans:
Team record: 26-18 SU,25-18-1 ATS
New Orleans is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games
New Orleans is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 7 games
Next up:
Oklahoma City at Detroit Sunday, January 28
New Orleans at Milwaukee Saturday, January 27