5:05 pm
November 2

Pelicans @ Thunder

Who will WIN this matchup?

New Orleans Pelicans (1-4)

@ Oklahoma City Thunder (1-4)

 

Current odds:

New Orleans Pelicans: (+130)

Oklahoma City Thunder: (-150)

 

• The spread for the game is Oklahoma City by 3 points.

• Jahlil Okafor started in place of Favors on Thursday and scored a team-high 26 points on 8-of-13 from the floor while small forward Brandon Ingram continued his hot start with 25 points on 7-of-12 from the floor. Ingram, who was one of the key players New Orleans received in the deal that sent Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers, is averaging 26.8 points while shooting 50 percent from 3-point range. Holiday, who went 5-of-9 from 3-point range in Thursday’s win, helped solidify a defense that allowed an average of 130 points in his absence.

• Oklahoma City failed to reach 100 points in three of the first five contests and was 4-of-27 from beyond the arc in Wednesday’s loss. “We got to the free-throw line quite a bit, which kept it close, but the 3-point line probably was the difference, and we just did not shoot it certainly as well as they did or as timely as they did,” Thunder coach Billy Donovan told reporters. Power forward Danilo Gallinari began the season 8-of-17 from beyond the arc in the first three games but slumped to 5-of-16 in the last two contests.

• The home team took each of the four meetings last season.

5/10
Confidence
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Oklahoma City Thunder
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