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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 Friday when they meet at Crypto.com Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Lakers as -13-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 219.5.
The Lakers were a 123-116 loser in their most recent outing at home against the Warriors. They failed to cover the -1-point spread as favorites, while the total score (239) made winners of OVER bettors.
New Orleans lost its last outing, a 114-98 result against the Clippers on April 02. The Pelicans covered in that game as a +18-point underdog, while the 212 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
New Orleans:
Team record: 21-55 SU,32-42-2 ATS
New Orleans is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games
New Orleans is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games
Los Angeles:
Team record: 46-30 SU,41-34-1 ATS
LA Lakers is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 7 games
LA Lakers is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games at home
Next up:
New Orleans home to Milwaukee Sunday, April 6
Los Angeles at Oklahoma City Sunday, April 6