The New Orleans Pelicans (12-41) are 4.5-point underdogs as they try to turn around a nine-game losing streak when they host the Sacramento Kings (27-26) on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The game airs at 8:00 PM ET on NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports.

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Kings vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds

• Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: NBCS-CA and Gulf Coast Sports
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Kings vs. Pelicans Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Kings 118 – Pelicans 113

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Spread & Total Prediction for Kings vs. Pelicans

• Pick ATS: Kings (- 4.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Kings (-5.6)
• Pick OU:

  Under (237.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 230.7

• The Kings have covered the spread less often than the Pelicans this season, tallying an ATS record of 20-33-0, compared to the 22-31-0 mark of the Pelicans.
• Sacramento covers the spread when it is a 4.5-point favorite or more 40.7% of the time. That’s more often than New Orleans covers as an underdog of 4.5 or more (40.6%).
• When it comes to eclipsing the total in 2024-25, Sacramento does it in fewer games (56.6% of the time) than New Orleans (58.5%).
• As a moneyline favorite this year, the Kings are 22-17, a better record than the Pelicans have recorded (5-33) as moneyline underdogs.

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Kings Performance Insights

• With 116.4 points per game on offense, the Kings are eighth in the NBA. At the other end, they cede 115.7 points per contest, which ranks 23rd in the league.
• Sacramento is averaging 44.7 boards per game (12th-ranked in league). It is giving up 43.4 rebounds per contest (12th-ranked).
• The Kings are delivering 26.6 dimes per game, which ranks them 13th in the NBA in 2024-25.
• Sacramento ranks eighth in the NBA with 12.8 turnovers per game so far this year. Meanwhile, it ranks 16th with 13.7 forced turnovers per contest.
• The Kings rank 24th in the NBA by draining 12.2 threes per contest, but they own a 34.4% shooting percentage from beyond the arc, which ranks fifth-worst in the league.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• Offensively the Pelicans are the 23rd-ranked team in the NBA (110 points per game). Defensively they are fourth-worst (119.2 points allowed per game).
• New Orleans is 24th in the NBA in rebounds per game (42.8) and third-worst in rebounds conceded (46.5).
• This season the Pelicans are ranked 22nd in the NBA in assists at 25.1 per game.
• New Orleans commits 13.7 turnovers per game and force 13.8 per game, ranking 16th and 14th, respectively, in the league.
• The Pelicans are 22nd in the NBA in 3-pointers made (12.3 per game) and 21st in 3-point percentage (35%).

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