Pelicans vs. Mavericks Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – January 15

Published 5:16 am Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The Dallas Mavericks (22-18) are only 1.5-point underdogs as they look to break a four-game road slide when they square off against the New Orleans Pelicans (9-32) on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The matchup airs at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and KFAA.

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Pelicans vs. Mavericks Game Info & Odds

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Time: 8:00 PM ET
How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and KFAA
Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Venue: Smoothie King Center

Pelicans vs. Mavericks Score Prediction

Prediction:
Mavericks 117 – Pelicans 109

Spread & Total Prediction for Pelicans vs. Mavericks

Pick ATS: Mavericks (+ 1.5)
Computer Predicted Spread: Mavericks (-8.1)
Pick OU:
Over (221.5)
Computer Predicted Total: 226.3

The Mavericks (20-20-0 ATS) have covered the spread 41.5% of the time, 8.5% more often than the Pelicans (17-24-0) this season.
New Orleans covers the spread when it is a 1.5-point favorite or more 30% of the time. That’s less often than Dallas covers as an underdog of 1.5 or more (44.4%).
New Orleans’ games have gone over the total 53.7% of the time this season (22 out of 41), which is more often than Dallas’ games have (19 out of 40).
The Pelicans have a .400 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (4-6) this season while the Mavericks have a .412 winning percentage as a moneyline underdog (7-10).

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Pelicans Performance Insights

The Pelicans are putting up just 108 points per game (fifth-worst in NBA), but they’ve played better at the other end, where they are surrendering 117.1 points per game (25th-ranked).
New Orleans, who ranks 24th in the league with 42.8 rebounds per game, is allowing 46.1 rebounds per contest, which is fifth-worst in the NBA.
The Pelicans are dishing out 25 assists per game, which ranks them 20th in the NBA in 2024-25.
With 13.9 turnovers per game, New Orleans ranks 16th in the NBA. It forces 14.1 turnovers per contest, which ranks 12th in the league.
The Pelicans have found it difficult to sink threes, ranking fifth-worst in the league with 12 threes made per game. They rank 25th with a 34.1% shooting percentage from downtown this year.

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Mavericks Performance Insights

The Mavericks are 10th in the NBA in points scored (115.6 per game) and 14th in points conceded (112).
Dallas is 12th in the league in rebounds per game (44.6) and 20th in rebounds conceded (44.6).
This season the Mavericks are ranked 19th in the league in assists at 25.2 per game.
With 13.7 turnovers committed per game and 13.4 turnovers forced, Dallas is 13th and 20th in the NBA, respectively.
The Mavericks are 16th in the NBA in 3-pointers made (13.2 per game) and ninth in 3-point percentage (37.2%).

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