New Orleans Pelicans vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, 2/10/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: New Orleans Pelicans vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Date: Monday, February 10, 2025

Location: Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Paycom Center is where the Oklahoma City Thunder (40-9) will attempt to beat the New Orleans Pelicans (12-39) on Monday.

The Pelicans faced off with the Nuggets and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 144-119 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Pelicans walked away with 10 while the Nuggets totaled 21 personal fouls. They also knocked down 16 out of their 43 attempts from three-point range. Denver finished the contest at 93.3% when shooting free throws by burying 14 of their 15 attempts. Furthermore, Denver snagged 51 boards (13 offensive, 38 defensive) and had 3 blocked shots. Denver earned 40 dimes and had 9 steals in this matchup. In terms of defense, New Orleans allowed 57.0% from the floor on 57 of 100 shooting. They also distributed 26 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the opposition into 9 turnovers and having 5 steals. Pertaining to pulling down rebounds, they earned a total of 38 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Pelicans buried 23 of 26 shots for a percentage of 88.5%. New Orleans finished having earned a 46.2% field goal percentage (43 out of 93) and converted 10 out of their 29 shots from beyond the arc.

Zion Williamson is a player who was a major contributor for this game. He ended up walking away with 28 points on 11 of 19 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 27 minutes and also snagged 6 rebounds. Williamson finished shooting 57.9% from the floor and also earned 4 dimes.

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New Orleans will enter this game with a win-loss record of 12-39 on the year. They turn it over 14.2 times per contest and as a squad are committing 18.1 fouls every game. As a team, New Orleans is grabbing 42.9 rebounds per game and is sitting with 1,283 dimes so far this year, which ranks 17th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Pelicans are shooting 34.9% on shots from 3-point land (627 of 1,799) and 76.8% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 110.0 pts per contest (24th in the NBA) while shooting 44.6% from the field.

Defensively, the Pelicans have forced 14.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.1 personal fouls. They give up 36.6% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 27th in the league in points per game from their opponents (118.8). The Pelicans defensively are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 48.5% (2,248 of 4,633) and they surrender 46.4 boards per game as a basketball team. They are 27th in the league in giving up assists with 1,460 relinquished this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Thunder took home the win by a final score of 140-109 when they faced the Suns. The Thunder recorded 29 defensive boards and 17 offensive rebounds totaling 46 in this game. They coughed it up 6 times, while earning 15 steals in this game. The Suns committed 17 fouls in this contest which took the Thunder to the charity stripe for a total of 27 attempts. They were able to knock down 24 of the free throws for a percentage of 88.9%. Concerning three-point shots, Oklahoma City buried 12 of 42 attempts (28.6%). When all was said and done, the Thunder finished shooting 52 out of 102 from the floor which had them sitting at 51.0%. The Thunder permitted the Suns to make 33 of their 70 attempts from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 47.1% in this game. They finished shooting 38.9% from 3-point land by connecting on 14 out of 36 and ended up going 29 out of 33 from the free throw line (87.9%). Concerning cleaning up the glass, Oklahoma City allowed Phoenix to collect 35 overall (3 on the offensive glass).

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was important for the Thunder for this game. He knocked down 18 out of 29 in this contest for a field goal rate of 62.1%, and earned 8 rebounds. Gilgeous-Alexander racked up 50 points in his 34 mins of playing time and added 5 dimes in this contest.

Oklahoma City has a record of 40-9 for the season. The Thunder are committing 20.5 fouls per contest and they hit 82.5% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 26.1 times per contest (15th in basketball) and they are turning it over 12.0 times per game. Oklahoma City has accounted for 5,764 pts for the season (117.6 per contest) and they pull in 44.3 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Thunder are connecting on 47.5% from the field, which ranks 10th in the NBA.

The Oklahoma City defense gives up 32.7% on shots from distance (616 of 1,886) and their opponents are connecting on 76.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They have relinquished 24.1 dimes and 45.6 rebounds every game, which is ranked 4th and 25th in the league. The Thunder on the defensive end are ranked 1st in the NBA in PPG given up with 104.6. They have forced 18.4 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 43.0% from the floor (1st in basketball).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New Orleans

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