San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans 4/13/2022 NBA Odds and Picks

San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans 4/13/2022 – The New Orleans Pelicans will be opening this NBA play-in tournament game against the San Antonio Spurs in their home court at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tip-off happens at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time and the live television broadcast can be seen through ESPN. NBA League Pass subscribers can enjoy the game through an online live stream at the convenience of their homes. The New Orleans Pelicans are seen in NBA betting spreads as the team that will be advancing to face the Los Angeles Clippers with a win over the San Antonio Spurs.

New Orleans let's go! 😤

🏀: vs San Antonio
🕣: 8:30pm CT
📺: ESPN
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— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 13, 2022

San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans 4/13/2022 Betting Odds

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
San Antonio Spurs	+5 ( -110 )	229 o ( -110 )	+170
New Orleans Pelicans	-5 ( -110 )	229 u ( -110 )	-200

The San Antonio Spurs are the surprise team to sneak in a play-in tournament spot after the Los Angeles Lakers threw in the towel at the final stretch of the NBA season. With Greg Popovich at the helm, this is going to be a tough battle for the Pelicans having a future hall of fame coach as their opponent. Dejounte Murray needs to step up his game if the Spurs should get a shot to make it to the first round of the playoffs and he will be needing help from Keldon Johnson. Doug McDermott has been spreading the floor for the Spurs but his services will not be available due to an injury.

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Players to watch: D. Murray PG 67 GP 67 GS 34.8 MIN 21.2 PTS 1.2 OR 7.2 DR 8.4 REB 9.3 AST 2 STL 0.3 BLK 2.7 TO 2 PF 3.5 AST/TO 22.55 PER

K. Johnson SF 74 GP 73 GS 31.9 MIN 16.9 PTS 1.1 OR 5 DR 6.1 REB 2.1 AST 0.7 STL 0.2 BLK 1.2 TO 2 PF 1.7 AST/TO 15.23 PER

J. Poeltl C 67 GP 66 GS 29 MIN 13.5 PTS 3.9 OR 5.5 DR 9.3 REB 2.8 AST 0.7 STL 1.7 BLK 1.6 TO 3.1 PF 1.8 AST/TO 21.05 PER.

The New Orleans Pelicans are also one of the wonder teams entering the play-in tournament with Zion Williamson not playing the entire year. All of that changed since CJ McCullom came to the city by the mid-season and turned things around. The team may have Brandon Ingram and Jonas Valanciounas for this important game and both players are not expected to be 100% healthy if they decide to play. Everything now rests on the playoff experience of McCullom who also had a rough season. The high-scoring guard is out to prove to everyone that he is not damaged goods after the career-threatening condition that he previously had.

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Players to Watch: B. Ingram SF 55 GP 55 GS 34 MIN 22.7 PTS 0.6 OR 5.2 DR 5.8 REB 5.6 AST 0.6 STL 0.5 BLK 2.7 TO 2.2 PF 2 AST/TO 18.93 PER

J. Valanciunas C 74 GP 74 GS 30.3 MIN 17.8 PTS 3.1 OR 8.3 DR 11.4 REB 2.6 AST 0.6 STL 0.8 BLK 2.4 TO 3.3 PF 1.1 AST/TO 21.46 PER

D. Graham PG 76 GP 63 GS 28.4 MIN 11.9 PTS 0.5 OR 1.8 DR 2.3 REB 4.2 AST 0.9 STL 0.2 BLK 1.4 TO 1.3 PF 3 AST/TO 12.19 PER.

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of San Antonio’s last 18 games.
San Antonio are 8-1 ATS in their last 9 games against New Orleans.
San Antonio are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against New Orleans.
Spurs are 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games on the road.
San Antonio are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games when playing on the road against New Orleans.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of San Antonio’s last 18 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Antonio’s last 6 games against an opponent in the Southwest Division division.
San Antonio are 7-13 SU in their last 20 games played on a Wednesday.

New Orleans Pelicans

The total has gone UNDER in 9 of New Orleans’ last 13 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Orleans’ last 8 games against San Antonio.
New Orleans are 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games when playing at home against San Antonio.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Orleans’ last 9 games this season.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Orleans’ last 10 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
New Orleans are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games against an opponent in the Southwest Division division.
Pelicans are 4-13 SU in their last 17 games played on a Wednesday.
New Orleans are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing as the favourite.

Injuries

San Antonio Spurs

Doug McDermott SF Ankle is out for season
Lonnie Walker IV SG Back is upgraded to probable Wednesday vs New Orleans
Romeo Langford SG Hamstring is probable Wednesday vs New Orleans

New Orleans Pelicans

Jonas Valanciunas C Ankle is upgraded to probable Wednesday vs San Antonio
Brandon Ingram SF Hamstring is upgraded to probable Wednesday vs San Antonio
Devonte’ Graham PG Knee is upgraded to probable Wednesday vs San Antonio
Zion Williamson PF Foot is out indefinitely
Kira Lewis Jr. PG ACL is out for season
Herbert Jones SF Tibia is upgraded to probable Wednesday vs San Antonio

The New Orleans Pelicans are looking to capitalize that this play-in game will be played in their home court and the best online sportsbook sees them carrying the edge over the San Antonio Spurs.

Moneyline:The Pelicans as the favored team at home is -200 on the ML while the Spurs are +170.

ATS:It is five points on the ATS for this matchup with the Pelicans getting the -5 while the Spurs are on the far side with +5.

TOTALs:The total pegged for both teams to reach is 229 points with the Spurs going over while the Pelicans are under.

Score Prediction: 118 – 110, Pelicans