Spurs vs Pelicans Game Breakdown & Projections – Fri, Apr 5th 2024

Hold onto your cowboy hats, folks! Our beloved, albeit struggling, San Antonio Spurs are saddling up and riding into the Big Easy tonight, ready to face the high-flying New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center. With an 8PM EST tipoff, it’s the perfect time to kick back, crack open a cold one, and watch some prime-time NBA action. Now, the Spurs might be trailing a whopping 28 games in the Western conference, but that doesn’t mean they’re not packing heat. On the other side, the Pelicans, just a hair’s breadth away from the top of the Western conference, are ready to swoop in for the kill. The bookies have set the over/under at 219, with the Spurs at a line of 11.5 and the Pelicans at -11.5. Both teams are licking their wounds from recent losses, the Pelicans to ORL and the Spurs to DEN, so you know they’re hungry for a win. As we prepare for this showdown, remember: in this game of birds and bullets, it’s not about who flies highest, but who shoots straightest.

Game Breakdown

Game Time: April 05, 2024 08:00PM EST

Location: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans

Vegas Odds

Team Performance

LAST 10

4W-6L

AWAY

8W-29L

17.4% Win Probability

LAST 10

5W-5L

HOME

20W-16L

82.6% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Final	O/U	ATS
02/02/24	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	24	34	30	26		114	Over
	San Antonio Spurs SAS	33	32	23	25		113
12/17/23	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	33	28	44	41		146	Over
	San Antonio Spurs SAS	20	31	27	32		110
12/01/23	San Antonio Spurs SAS	31	30	20	25		106	Over
	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	32	31	26	32		121
03/21/23	San Antonio Spurs SAS	16	23	26	19		84	Under
	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	27	37	27	28		119
12/22/22	San Antonio Spurs SAS	17	29	29	42		117	Over
	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	37	28	29	32		126
12/02/22	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	26	23	32	36		117	Under
	San Antonio Spurs SAS	24	28	19	28		99
11/23/22	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	29	37	38	25		129	Over
	San Antonio Spurs SAS	19	28	38	25		110
03/26/22	San Antonio Spurs SAS	22	36	26	23		107	Under
	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	32	25	27	19		103
03/18/22	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	35	29	31	29		124	Under
	San Antonio Spurs SAS	10	23	24	34		91
02/12/22	San Antonio Spurs SAS	37	22	39	26		124	Over
	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	33	20	29	32		114
12/12/21	New Orleans Pelicans NOP	26	26	30	15		97	Under
	San Antonio Spurs SAS	28	26	29	29		112

Starting Lineups

Spurs Notable Injuries

• Devin Vassell (SF): Avg: 19.6pts, 3.9reb, 4.0ast, 33.0 minutes. Last game: 03/29/24. Impact: 6.0
• Jeremy Sochan (PG): Avg: 11.3pts, 6.4reb, 3.3ast, 29.5 minutes. Last game: 03/29/24. Impact: 5.0
• Cedi Osman (SF/PF): Avg: 6.9pts, 2.6reb, 1.7ast, 17.7 minutes. Last game: 04/02/24. Impact: 2.4
• Dominick Barlow (PF/C): Avg: 4.5pts, 3.5reb, 1.1ast, 12.8 minutes. Last game: 03/27/24. Impact: 1.7

Pelicans Notable Injuries

• Brandon Ingram (PG): Avg: 20.9pts, 5.1reb, 5.8ast, 33.0 minutes. Last game: 03/21/24. Impact: 5.7
• Jose Alvarado (PG): Avg: 6.9pts, 2.3reb, 2.1ast, 18.0 minutes. Last game: 03/26/24. Impact: 2.8
• Cody Zeller (C): Avg: 1.9pts, 2.8reb, 0.9ast, 7.8 minutes. Last game: 03/22/24. Impact: 1.1

Top Player Props

This article, published more than 6 hours prior to game time, focuses exclusively on Over prop bets due to the propensity for NBA teams to make last-minute injury adjustments. For the most current prop bets, including any updates closer to tip-off, please refer to the link provided below the table.

Recent Trends

• Tre Jones (PG) is coming off a triple-double where he put up 10.0 pts, 12.0 reb, 11.0 ast against DEN
• Malaki Branham (PG/SG): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 75.9% to 29.0, 16.5 min average previous 3 games.
• Julian Champagnie (SG/SF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 37.0% to 34.6, 25.3 min average previous 3 games.
• David Duke Jr. (SG/SF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 44.1% to 16.2, 11.2 min average previous 3 games.
• Larry Nance Jr. (C): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 36.6% to 17.8, 28.0 min average previous 3 games.
• Cedi Osman (SF/PF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 41.3% to 24.9, 17.6 min average previous 3 games.
The Pelicans have a 3-game losing streak at home.