Another home defeat for the ‘Pels’?
The Pelicans and Nets are two teams from the West and East who, halfway through the regular season, need to step up their game if they want to make the playoffs.
The home team in particular needs to step up its game: it is currently at the bottom of the Western Conference and cannot count on home-court advantage against the team from the Barclays Center. It has won only six of the 24 games played in front of its own fans this season – also the worst home record in the Western Conference.
The visitors, for their part, have recently improved on the road. The New Yorkers have recorded half of their six away wins this season in their last seven away games. Given this trend, an away win is a good bet in the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Brooklyn Nets.
In addition, the odds on Michael Porter Jr. scoring more than 25.5 points for the visitors appear lucrative. In the last game against the Pelicans last month, he was the top scorer on the court with 35 points, and the former Denver player is currently in good form.
In six of the last seven games, Porter Jr. has topped his season scoring average of 25.9 points! His move to the Nets last summer from the Nuggets has paid off handsomely from a fundamental perspective: with the aforementioned average output this season, he is posting his best scoring average of his career, surpassing his career average by almost nine points!
New Orleans Pelicans – Brooklyn Nets Head-to-head comparison / H2H statistics
The teams have already faced each other once this season, in December of last year. The duel in Brooklyn ended with a home win for the Nets. Thanks to this success, the visitors are unbeaten in three meetings in this pairing.
For the upcoming matchup between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Brooklyn Nets, however, the odds are now very evenly distributed.
New Orleans Pelicans – Brooklyn Nets United States Tip
The home team is having a weak season, and one reason for this is the absence of Dejounte Murray. Due to an Achilles tendon injury, the powerful guard has been out since the start of the season, and it is questionable whether he will be able to play again this season.
Furthermore, the “Pels” infirmary is constantly filled with other injured players. Coach James Borrego therefore has to constantly change his squad, which has prevented a harmonious unit from forming on the court.
The home team is also currently performing particularly poorly, with eleven defeats in the last twelve games! In light of this dismal situation at “NOLA,” we are opting for the betting odds on an away win in the duel between the New Orleans Pelicans and Brooklyn Nets.
Although the visitors, who are 13th in the Eastern Conference, also have room for improvement, we still consider them to be stronger than NOLA. On top of that, the Nets have recently improved away from home and their upcoming opponents have won three games in a row. The only matchup between the two teams this season, which took place last month, supports this prediction. In that game, the Nets won convincingly 119-101!
