New Orleans Pelicans vs Phoenix Suns 4/26/2022 Odds Picks and Previews

New Orleans Pelicans vs Phoenix Suns 4/26/2022 – The New Orleans Pelicans will meet the Phoenix Suns in their Game 5 of their seven game series from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The Pelicans have fought hard against the dominating Suns in their last game and are just two games away from making it to the next round. New Orleans and the Suns are now 2-2 in their series and both teams remain at a crucial stage. The NBA playoff bets are up and running as these two teams clash in this important game.

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New Orleans Pelicans vs Phoenix Suns 4/26/2022 Betting Odds

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
New Orleans Pelicans	+7 (-114)	214.5 o (-111)	+240
Phoenix Suns	-7 (-109)	214.5 u (-111)	-345

The Pelicans have come a long way from their regular season and they managed to make it to the playoffs. However, their struggle against the Phoenix Suns is pretty evident. In their last game, they scored 118 and gave up 103. The Pelicans are doing well with their offense, but the Suns are not an easy team to defeat. Brandon Ingram was the bright spot in their last game with 30 points after going 11 for 23 with his shooting attempts.

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Players to watch: Brandon Ingram SF 4 GP 4 GS 37.8 MIN 29.8 PTS 0.8 OR 6 DR 6.8 REB 5 AST 0.5 STL 0.5 BLK 3 TO 2 PF 1.7 AST/TO 24.06 PER

CJ McCollum SG * 4 GP 4 GS 40 MIN 24 PTS 2.3 OR 5 DR 7.3 REB 6 AST 1 STL 0.8 BLK 2.5 TO 1.5 PF 2.4 AST/TO 17.13 PER

Jonas Valanciunas C 4 GP 4 GS 28.8 MIN 15 PTS 6.5 OR 9.5 DR 16 REB 2.8 AST 0.5 STL 0.3 BLK 2.5 TO 2.8 PF 1.1 AST/TO 21.07 PER

The Phoenix Suns were expected to take a lead over the Pelicans and they never expected their opponent to fight back so hard. Phoenix struggled from the defensive end as they gave up extra points to the Pelicans. The Suns had Deandre Ayton score 23 points after going 11 for 14 with his shooting attempts. Ayton also contributed eight rebounds while Chris Paul recorded 11 assists for the Suns. Phoenix will try to take advantage at home in this game.

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Players to watch: Devin Booker SG 2 GP 2 GS 32.5 MIN 28 PTS 0.5 OR 2.5 DR 3 REB 4.5 AST 0.5 STL 0 BLK 1.5 TO 2.5 PF 3 AST/TO 26.21 PER

Deandre Ayton C 4 GP 4 GS 33.8 MIN 20.5 PTS 2.3 OR 8.5 DR 10.8 REB 2 AST 0.8 STL 1.5 BLK 1 TO 3 PF 2 AST/TO 25.73 PER

Chris Paul PG 4 GP 4 GS 36.5 MIN 19.8 PTS 0.8 OR 3 DR 3.8 REB 12.3 AST 1.8 STL 0.3 BLK 1.3 TO 2.8 PF 9.8 AST/TO 25.39 PER

New Orleans Pelicans

New Orleans are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
Pelicans are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
New Orleans are 5-10 ATS in their last 15 games against Phoenix.
New Orleans are 5-10 SU in their last 15 games against Phoenix.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of New Orleans’ last 11 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans’ last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix.
New Orleans are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games against an opponent in the Pacific Division division.
Pelicans are 10-5 ATS in their last 15 games played in April.
New Orleans are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing as the underdog.

Phoenix Suns

The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Phoenix’s last 12 games.
Phoenix are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix’s last 5 games against New Orleans.
Suns has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix’s last 6 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix’s last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans.
Phoenix are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
Phoenix are 15-5 SU in their last 20 games against an opponent in the Southwest Division division.
Suns are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games played on a Tuesday.
Phoenix are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games when playing as the favourite.

Injuries

New Orleans Pelicans

Zion Williamson PF Foot is out indefinitely
Kira Lewis Jr. PG ACL is out for season

Phoenix Suns

Devin Booker SG Hamstring is out indefinitely
Dario Saric PF Knee is out indefinitely

The Suns will surely have the home advantage in this game and they are all set to rebound from their last defeat. The NBA spread betting odds are intact for the Suns to win this game and cover the spread with ease.

Moneyline: +240 is the ML for the Pelicans and -345 is the ML for the Suns.

ATS: A spread of +7 (-114) is out for the Pelicans and a spread of -7 (-109) is out for the Suns.

TOTALs: Over 214.5 (-111) is the total for the Pelicans and the same will go under for the Suns.

Score Prediction: 107 – 102, Suns