The New Orleans Pelicans (5-29) are favored (-5.5) to stop an 11-game losing streak when they host the Washington Wizards (6-25) at 8:00 PM ET on Friday, January 3, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The matchup airs on Gulf Coast Sports and MNMT.

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Pelicans vs. Wizards Game Info & Odds

• Date: Friday, January 3, 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and MNMT
• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Pelicans vs. Wizards Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Pelicans 115 – Wizards 113

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Spread & Total Prediction for Pelicans vs. Wizards

• Pick ATS: Wizards (+ 5.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Pelicans (-2.3)
• Pick OU:

  Under (232.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 227.7

• The Wizards (13-18-0 ATS) have covered the spread 35.3% of the time, 6.6% more often than the Pelicans (12-22-0) this year.
• New Orleans hasn’t covered the spread as a 5.5-point favorite or more this season, while Washington covers as an underdog of 5.5 or more 37.9% of the time.
• Washington and its opponents have gone over the over/under 51.6% of the time this season (16 out of 31). That’s less often than New Orleans and its opponents have (19 out of 34).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Pelicans are 2-5, a better record than the Wizards have posted (6-25) as moneyline underdogs.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• While the Pelicans rank in the bottom five in the NBA in points per game with 106.7 (third-worst), they rank 25th in the league with 118.0 points given up per contest.
• New Orleans ranks 25th in the NBA with 42.6 rebounds per game, but it is giving up 45.4 rebounds per game, which ranks fifth-worst in the league.
• The Pelicans are putting up 24.5 assists per game, which ranks them 23rd in the NBA in 2024-25.
• New Orleans is 18th in the NBA with 14.4 turnovers per game so far this season. Meanwhile, it ranks 14th with 14.1 forced turnovers per game.
• The Pelicans have been missing the mark when it comes to three-pointers this season, ranking second-worst in the NBA in treys made per game (11.2) and fifth-worst in three-point percentage (33.3%).

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Wizards Performance Insights

• Offensively the Wizards are the 23rd-ranked squad in the NBA (108.9 points per game). Defensively they are the worst (121.9 points conceded per game).
• Washington is 14th in the NBA in rebounds per game (44.0) and worst in rebounds conceded (48.6).
• This season the Wizards are ranked 19th in the NBA in assists at 25.1 per game.
• In terms of turnovers, Washington is fifth-worst in the NBA in committing them (15.6 per game). And it is ranked 24th in forcing them (13.0 per game).
• In 2024-25 the Wizards are 21st in the league in 3-point makes (12.4 per game) and fourth-worst in 3-point percentage (33.2%).

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