Los Angeles Clippers vs New Orleans Pelicans 11/19/2021 NBA Picks, Best Bets, Tips and Prediction

Game: Los Angeles Clippers vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Friday, November 19, 2021

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Bally Sports New Orleans

The Los Angeles Clippers (9-5) are traveling to Smoothie King Center on Friday where they will try to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans (2-14).

The Clippers faced off with the Spurs and notched a win by a score of 106-92 in their last contest. In the matter of personal fouls, the Clippers ended up finishing with 13 and the Spurs recorded 16 personal fouls. They buried 5 of 22 shots from 3-point range. San Antonio shot 71.4% at the charity stripe by making 5 of their 7 attempts. Moreover, San Antonio totaled 35 boards (6 offensive, 29 defensive) and added 3 rejections. San Antonio doled out 41 dimes and had 26 steals in this contest. Regarding defending, Los Angeles allowed 43.2% from the floor on 41 out of 95 shooting. They also doled out 16 assists in the game as well as forcing the other team into 4 turnovers and having 9 steals. In relation to grabbing boards, they earned a total of 52 with 6 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Clippers converted 20 of their 22 tries for a rate of 90.9%. Los Angeles finished having earned a 43.5% FG percentage (37 out of 85) and buried 12 out of their 38 3-pointers.

Paul George is a guy who was a factor for this game. George finished 41.7% from the field and distributed 4 assists. He was on the hardwood for 34 minutes played and grabbed 9 rebounds. He walked away with 34 points on 10 of 24 shooting.

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Los Angeles will enter this contest with a record of 9-5 so far this season. They are giving up possession 14.6 times per contest and as a team are committing 17.4 fouls every game. As a unit, Los Angeles is grabbing 45.8 rebounds per game and is sitting with 325 assists for the campaign, which has them ranked 22nd in basketball in terms of passing. The Clippers are hitting 35.5% on shots from 3-point land (191 of 538) and 80.6% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 108.4 pts per game (12th in basketball) while going 44.8% from the floor.

Defensively, the Clippers are forcing their opponents into 16.6 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.0 fouls. They are giving up 32.9% on 3-point shots and they are 5th in basketball in PPG allowed (102.5). The Clippers defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 42.6% (546 of 1,282) and they surrender 47.4 boards per game as a group. They are ranked 2nd in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 299 surrendered on the season.

In their last game, the Pelicans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 113-98 when they played the Heat. The Pelicans were able to pull down 28 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 38 in this contest. They turned it over 16 times, while earning 6 steals in the game. The Heat were called for 10 fouls for this contest which got the Pelicans to the charity stripe for 28 shots. They were able to make 22 of the free throws for a rate of 78.6%. In regard to shots from distance, New Orleans buried 10 of 35 attempts (28.6%). When the final whistle blew, the Pelicans walked away from this one shooting 33 out of 75 from the floor which had them shooting 44.0%. The Pelicans permitted the Heat to make 42 out of 87 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 48.3% for the contest. They wrapped up this game 37.5% from behind the 3-point line by going 15 out of 40 and ended up going 14 of 17 from the free throw line (82.4%). Concerning how they rebounded, New Orleans allowed Miami to grab 29 in total (10 offensive).

Josh Hart was important for the Pelicans in this game. Hart tallied 18 points in his 38 mins on the court and had 4 assists in the matchup. He converted 5 of 8 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 62.5%, and added 7 rebounds.

New Orleans has a win-loss mark of 2-14 for the season. The Pelicans are committing 20.2 fouls per contest while shooting 80.7% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 23.3 times per game (14th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 15.6 times per game. New Orleans has earned 1,628 points for the campaign (101.8 per game) and they grab 45.0 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Pelicans are shooting 42.3% from the floor, which is ranked 26th in the NBA.

The Pelicans on defense are ranked 26th in the league in PPG allowed with 111.4. They are forcing their opponents into 12.6 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 47.4% from the field (29th in basketball). The New Orleans defense gives up 38.3% on three-point shots (204 of 532) and opponents are knocking down 79.8% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 25.3 dimes and 43.9 boards every game, which ranks them 24th and 9th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New Orleans

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