Denver Nuggets vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, Odds and Picks for Sunday, 12/22/24

Once again people got burned betting on the Nuggets, as they fell on the road unexpectedly against the Blazers 126-124, despite being 8.5 point favorites. You just never know which team will show up alongside Nikola Jokic, he once again had a brilliant game with 34 points on just 18 shots taken. The rest of the team shot the ball well too, but they just couldn’t get a stop to save their lives. And now, they head to New Orleans for a date with a Pelicans team that already beat them 101-94 about a month ago.

Together with the Raptors in the East, New Orleans currently holds the longest losing streak in the NBA at 6 games in a row. They just tallied 93 points in a 11-point loss to the Knicks last night, with Trey Murphy III being the only reliable scoring option with 26 points. It’s hard to find many bright spots for this team right now, they’ve covered in just 3 of 9 games and have 1 win in 7 at home. They are also 1-8 SU in 9 vs West teams and have covered once in 9 vs Northwest Division opponents. Only the Wizards have a worse offensive rating, New Orleans is the only team in the league shooting under 50% in effective field goal percentage.

So will the Nuggets stop messing around and take this game seriously? We can’t say for certain. What we do know is that these two teams tallied just 195 points between them in the first meeting in mid-November. The under has cashed 12 times in 17 meetings, including 5 in a row at Smoothie King Center. Let’s try our luck with the under here.

Nuggets vs Pelicans Predictions: Under 233 available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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