Suns vs. Pelicans Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – February 28
Published 7:18 am Friday, February 28, 2025
The Phoenix Suns (27-32) are favored (-6.5) to stop a three-game losing streak when they host the New Orleans Pelicans (16-43) at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, February 28, 2025 at Footprint Center. The game airs on AZFamily and Gulf Coast Sports.
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Suns vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds
- Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- How to watch on TV: AZFamily and Gulf Coast Sports
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Venue: Footprint Center
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Suns vs. Pelicans Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Suns 118 – Pelicans 111
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Spread & Total Prediction for Suns vs. Pelicans
- Pick ATS: Suns (- 6.5)
- Computer Predicted Spread: Suns (-7.2)
- Pick OU:
Under (235.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 229.6
- The Suns (21-38-0 ATS) have covered the spread 35.6% of the time, 8.5% less often than the Pelicans (26-33-0) this year.
- When the spread is set as 6.5 or more this season, Phoenix (6-9) covers a lower percentage of those games when it is the favorite (40%) than New Orleans (13-19) does as the underdog (40.6%).
- When it comes to eclipsing the over/under in 2024-25, New Orleans and its opponents do it more often (55.9% of the time) than Phoenix and its opponents (50.8%).
- The Suns have a .600 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (21-14) this season, better than the .167 winning percentage for the Pelicans as a moneyline underdog (7-35).
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Suns Performance Insights
- With 113.8 points per game on offense, the Suns rank 14th in the NBA. On defense, they cede 116.1 points per contest, which ranks 22nd in the league.
- Phoenix is grabbing 42.7 rebounds per game (25th-ranked in NBA) this season, while allowing 45.6 rebounds per contest (24th-ranked).
- So far this season, the Suns rank 10th in the league in assists, dishing out 27.6 per game.
- Phoenix ranks second-worst in the NBA with 11.7 forced turnovers per contest. Meanwhile, it is committing 13.2 turnovers per game (13th-ranked in league).
- The Suns are sinking 14.2 three-pointers per game this year (seventh-ranked in NBA), and they sport a 37.6% three-point percentage (fourth-best).
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Pelicans Performance Insights
- On offense the Pelicans are the 22nd-ranked team in the league (110.7 points per game). Defensively they are fifth-worst (118.6 points conceded per game).
- In 2024-25, New Orleans is 23rd in the NBA in rebounds (43.7 per game) and fourth-worst in rebounds allowed (46.7).
- At 25.3 assists per game, the Pelicans are 19th in the league.
- New Orleans is 17th in the league in turnovers per game (13.6) and 15th in turnovers forced (13.7).
- The Pelicans make 12.3 3-pointers per game and shoot 34.7% from beyond the arc, ranking 24th and 22nd, respectively, in the league.
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