The Pelicans (1-0) play the heat (0-1) on Christmas Day, and if you want to do some last minute promising research, you’re in luck! We’ll give you the latest point spreads, moneyline odds and odds, as well as the information you need to make the quickest bet on BetMGM.
Recommendations of the game early at 12:00 pm ET and can be seen on ESPN.
The Pelicans faced a half-time deficit in their quarter-opener to beat the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night, with Brandon Ingram leading the team with 24 points and JJ Redick putting 23 off the bench. The heat dropped to a 113-107 loss to the Magic to start 0-1 on the year, but they preferred to win on Christmas Day.
The lines, courtesy of BetMGM
Distribution point: Heat -3.5 Silver line: Heat -165 / Pelicans +140 Beyond: 224.5
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Advice and prediction
The Heat and Pelicans shared their series last season, but this is a different Pelicans roster by Steven Adams and without Jrue Holiday. In preseason action, the Pelicans beat the heat 114-92.
New Orleans pulled off an impressive win earlier in the week, getting a false positive to Zion Williamson and Lonzo Ball and turning around a game that could have easily slipped away. Perhaps surprisingly, the Pelicans already appear to be making more of an effort on the defensive head under Stan Van Gundy, and with the Heat probably still getting back into the ditch after a brief offseason , there is real value Pelicans +3.5, or in bringing the Pelicans up directly at +140.
For the whole, fo 224.5 the safest play. The heat has gone below that total in all three of their games including preseason action, while the Pelicans fired 52 percent and made 19 three against the Raptors and still did not they only scratched 113.
Prediction: Pelicans 105, Teas 103
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