Los Angeles Lakers vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 4/16/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: TNT

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+1)

The New Orleans Pelicans (49-33) are welcoming the Los Angeles Lakers (47-35) at Smoothie King Center on Tuesday in a Western Conference Play-In game. Los Angeles is 1-point dogs. The over/under has been set at 228.

The Lakers stepped onto the hardwood against the Pelicans and earned the victory with a final of 124-108 in their last game. When discussing personal fouls, the Lakers left the arena with 13 and the Pelicans accounted for 17 personal fouls. They also converted 15 of 37 tries from 3-point range. New Orleans finished the game at 78.6% from the free throw line by burying 11 of their 14 attempts. On top of that, New Orleans totaled 39 rebounds (10 offensive, 29 defensive) and added 3 blocks. New Orleans doled out 26 dimes and had 8 steals for the contest. In relation to defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to go 47.7% from the field on 41 out of 86 shooting. They also recorded 32 assists in this game while creating 19 turnovers and earning 12 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned 39 with 7 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Lakers knocked down 17 of 18 attempts for a rate of 94.4%. Los Angeles walked away from the game with a 55.2% field goal percentage (48 of 87) and knocked down 11 of their 29 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Anthony Davis is a player who played a role in this game. Davis ended up shooting 76.5% from the field and dished out 3 dimes. He saw the court for 33 mins and collected 11 boards. He accounted for 30 points on 13 of 17 shooting.

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Los Angeles will play this game with a mark of 47-35 on the year. They are turning it over 14.0 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 15.6 fouls every game. As a team, Los Angeles is grabbing 43.1 boards per game and has totaled 2,340 assists on the campaign, which ranks 5th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Lakers are connecting on 37.7% on shots from downtown (969 of 2,572) and 78.2% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 118.0 pts per game (6th in the league) while hitting 49.9% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Lakers are forcing 13.4 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.7 personal fouls. They currently rank 26th in the NBA in allowing assists to their opponents with 2,316 relinquished this year. The Lakers defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 47.4% (3,643 of 7,687) and they surrender 44.0 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They are relinquishing 37.6% on shots from distance and they rank 23rd in basketball in PPG allowed (117.4).

In their last loss to the Lakers, New Orleans permitted Los Angeles to pull down 39 in total (7 on the offensive glass). They went 37.9% from distance by going 11 of 29 and ended up going 17 of 18 at the charity stripe (94.4%). The Pelicans permitted the Lakers to knock down 48 out of 87 tries from the field which left them with a rate of 55.2% for the contest. In all, the Pelicans ended up going 41 out of 86 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.7%. Concerning shots from beyond the arc, New Orleans made 15 out of 37 tries (40.5%). They were able to knock down 11 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 78.6%. The Lakers committed 13 personal fouls for this contest which took the Pelicans to the free throw line for a total of 14 attempts. They coughed up the ball 19 times, while earning 8 steals in the matchup. The Pelicans were able to pull down 29 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards totaling 39 in this contest.

CJ McCollum pitched in for the Pelicans for the game. McCollum earned 25 points in his 34 mins of playing time and had 7 dimes for this contest. He converted 9 of 19 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 47.4%, and earned 4 rebounds.

New Orleans has a win-loss mark of 49-33 this season. The Pelicans have committed 18.4 personal fouls per game and they go 77.1% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 27.0 times per game (13th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 13.0 times per contest. New Orleans has earned 9,436 pts on the year (115.1 per contest) and they pull in 44.0 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Pelicans are hitting on 48.6% from the floor, which ranks 9th in the NBA.

The New Orleans defense allows 34.9% on shots from behind the 3-point line (1,109 of 3,176) and their opponents are knocking down 78.3% of their free throw attempts. They allow 26.8 dimes and 42.3 total boards per game, which is ranked 17th and 8th in basketball. The Pelicans on defense are ranked 8th in the NBA in PPG given up with 110.7. They are able to force 14.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 46.4% from the floor (7th in the NBA).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+1)

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