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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The Oklahoma City Thunder and the New Orleans Pelicans will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Thunder as -2.5-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 228.
New Orleans was a 114-101 winner in its last match on the road against the Pistons. They failed to cover the -15-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 215 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
Oklahoma City lost its last outing, a 118-93 result against the Bucks on March 24. The Thunder failed to cover in that game as a +2.5-point underdog, while the 211 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Oklahoma City:
Team record: 49-21 SU,40-29-1 ATS
Oklahoma City is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Oklahoma City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oklahoma City's last 8 games
New Orleans:
Team record: 44-27 SU,39-30-2 ATS
New Orleans is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
New Orleans is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of New Orleans's last 15 games
Next up:
Oklahoma City home to Houston Wednesday, March 27
New Orleans home to Milwaukee Thursday, March 28