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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Lakers
The New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Crypto.com Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Lakers as -7.5-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 233.5.
Los Angeles was a 108-102 winner in its last match at home against the Clippers. They covered the +2.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 210 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
New Orleans won its last outing, a 128-121 result against the Jazz on March 02. The Pelicans failed to cover in that game as a -7.5-point favorite, while the 249 combined points took the game OVER the total.
New Orleans:
Team record: 17-44 SU,25-35-1 ATS
New Orleans is 6-11-1 ATS in its last 18 games
New Orleans is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
New Orleans is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games
Los Angeles:
Team record: 38-21 SU,33-25-1 ATS
Current Streak: won 6 straight games.
LA Lakers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
LA Lakers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 5 games
Next up:
New Orleans home to Houston Thursday, March 6
Los Angeles home to New York Thursday, March 6