NBA Best Bets: Mavericks vs. Pelicans Picks for January 29
Published 11:39 pm Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (12-35) will try to end a three-game losing streak when they host the Dallas Mavericks (25-22) on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at Smoothie King Center as just 2.5-point underdogs. The game airs at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports, KFAA, and WFAA.
Why don’t you check out the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Wednesday’s game, before you make a wager on this contest?
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Mavericks vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports, KFAA, and WFAA
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Mavericks vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Mavericks (- 2.5)
- Dallas has 24 wins in 47 games against the spread this year.
- New Orleans has 19 wins in 47 games against the spread this season.
- The Mavericks’ ATS record as 2.5-point favorites or more is 13-11.
- The Pelicans’ ATS record as 2.5-point underdogs or more is 12-17.
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Pick OU:
Under (231.5)
- The Mavericks’ 47 games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 231.5 points 20 times.
- Pelicans games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 231.5 points in 19 of 47 outings.
- The average total in Dallas’ games this season is 227.5, four points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- New Orleans has had an average of 225.1 points scored in its games so far this season, 6.4 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
- The Pelicans are the NBA’s 14th-highest scoring team this season compared to the seventh-ranked Mavericks.
- The Pelicans have surrendered the 28th-fewest points in NBA play this season, while the Mavericks have given up the 20th-fewest.
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Moneyline Pick: Mavericks (-135)
- The Mavericks have won 16, or 66.7%, of the 24 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- The Pelicans have been victorious in five, or 15.6%, of the 32 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- Dallas has a record of 15-8, a 65.2% win rate, when it’s favored by -135 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This year, New Orleans has won two of 28 games when listed as at least +110 or better on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Mavericks, based on the moneyline, is 57.4%.
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