Indiana Pacers vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 1/24/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Indiana Pacers vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Monday, January 24, 2022

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Bally Sports New Orleans

The Indiana Pacers (17-30) are hitting the road to Smoothie King Center on Monday where they will attempt to beat the New Orleans Pelicans (17-28).

The Pacers faced the Suns and ended up losing by a score of 113-103 in their last game. Indiana ended the contest with a 44.0% field goal percentage (37 of 84) and knocked down 10 of their 29 3-point shots. When they shot from the free throw line, the Pacers converted 19 of their 27 tries for a rate of 70.4%. With respect to pulling down boards, they compiled 44 with 12 of them being of the offensive variety. They also distributed 19 assists in this contest while forcing 8 turnovers and having 5 steals. In reference to defending, Indiana allowed their opponent to shoot 49.0% from the field on 47 of 96 shooting. Phoenix dished out 51 assists and had 34 steals in this game. Additionally, Phoenix had 37 rebounds (14 offensive, 23 defensive) and added 5 rejections. Phoenix finished 85.7% at the charity stripe by making 12 of their 14 attempts. They converted 7 of their 25 tries from distance. When it comes to personal fouls, the Pacers left the arena with 18 while the Suns accounted for 11 personal fouls.

Goga Bitadze is one guy who was important for the matchup. He had 16 points on 6 out of 14 shooting. He played for 35 mins and also collected 11 boards. Bitadze finished shooting 42.9% from the field and also distributed 2 assists.

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Indiana will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 17-30 for the year. They turn it over 14.2 times per game and as a basketball team they commit 20.2 fouls every game. As a unit, Indiana is snagging 44.4 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 1,128 assists on the campaign, which has them ranked 10th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. The Pacers are connecting on 32.8% on 3-pointers (545 of 1,664) and 77.2% from the free throw line. They are averaging 108.2 pts per game (18th in basketball) while shooting 45.6% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Pacers are able to force 13.4 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.1 fouls. They are 9th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,059 surrendered this year. The Pacers defense is giving up a FG percentage of 46.5% (1,892 of 4,068) and they surrender 43.1 rebounds per contest as a unit. They are giving up 35.4% on 3-point shots while they are 17th in the league in PPG allowed (109.1).

For their last game, the Pelicans got the victory with a final of 102-91 when they faced the Knicks. The Pelicans corralled 32 defensive boards and 3 offensive rebounds totaling 35 for the game. They also gave up possession 12 times, while recording 10 steals for this contest. The Knicks had 15 fouls in this game which took the Pelicans to the charity stripe for a total of 22 attempts. They were able to bury 15 of the free throw tries for a rate of 68.2%. In relation to 3-point shots, New Orleans converted 11 out of their 28 attempts (39.3%). When the final whistle was blown, the Pelicans walked away from this one shooting 38 out of 76 from the floor which had them shooting 50.0%. The Pelicans permitted the Knicks to convert 29 of 77 tries from the floor which had them shooting 37.7% for this contest. They wrapped up this game 23.7% from 3-point land by shooting 9 of 38 and walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 36 at the free throw line (66.7%). In the matter of rebounding, New Orleans allowed New York to get 34 in total (14 on the offensive side).

Jonas Valanciunas ended up being a factor for the Pelicans for this contest. He knocked down 8 of 11 in this game giving him a rate of 72.7%, and accounted for 10 rebounds. Valanciunas accumulated 18 points in his 33 minutes on the court and accumulated 2 dimes for the game.

New Orleans has a win-loss record of 17-28 for the season. On the offensive side of the court, the Pelicans are connecting on 43.8% from the floor, which is ranked 25th in basketball. New Orleans has tallied 4,746 pts so far this season (105.5 per game) and they collect 45.9 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 24.7 times per contest (10th in the league) and they are turning it over 14.5 times per contest. The Pelicans commit 19.4 fouls every game and they go 78.1% from the charity stripe.

The Pelicans defensively are ranked 19th in the league in points per game surrendered with 109.7. They are able to force 13.2 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.7% from the field (25th in the league). The New Orleans defense allows 36.9% on shots from behind the 3-point line (579 of 1,568) and opponents are making 78.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allow 23.9 dimes and 43.0 total boards per game, which is ranked 14th and 4th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Indiana

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