Phoenix Suns vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 12/5/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Phoenix Suns vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Gulf Coast Sports

The New Orleans Pelicans (4-18) will try to defeat the Phoenix Suns (12-8) at Smoothie King Center on Thursday.

The Suns played the Spurs and took home the win by a score of 104-93 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Suns finished with 16 while the Spurs recorded 17 personal fouls. They made 8 out of their 44 tries from long range. San Antonio finished the game shooting 75.0% from the charity stripe by converting 15 of their 20 shots. Furthermore, San Antonio snagged 53 rebounds (18 offensive, 35 defensive) and added 5 blocked shots. San Antonio doled out 26 assists and had 9 steals for the matchup. In terms of defense, Phoenix allowed the other team to shoot 35.0% from the floor on 35 out of 100 shooting. They also dished out 26 dimes for the contest in addition to creating 14 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In regard to pulling down boards, they collected 44 with 2 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Suns knocked down 17 of their 21 attempts for a percentage of 81.0%. Phoenix finished the game with a 48.7% field goal percentage (38 out of 78) and knocked down 11 of their 32 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Devin Booker is one guy who came through for the contest. Booker finished the contest at 47.6% from the field and dished out 5 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 39 mins played and grabbed 9 boards. He ended up with 29 points on 10 of 21 shooting.

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Phoenix comes into this one with a record of 12-8 for the year. They are averaging 112.7 points per game (16th in the league) while connecting on 46.7% from the floor. The Suns are connecting on 37.5% on shots from beyond the arc (297 of 793) and 77.9% from the charity stripe. As a team, Phoenix is grabbing 43.5 boards per game and has racked up 532 assists this year, which is 20th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 13.9 times per game and as a team they are committing 18.2 fouls per game.

On the defensive end of the court, the Suns are able to force 12.8 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.7 personal fouls. They rank 12th in the NBA in giving up assists with 533 relinquished so far this year. The Suns are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 46.3% (827 of 1,786) and they surrender 44.2 rebounds per contest as a squad. They surrender 36.1% on 3-point attempts while they are 17th in the NBA in PPG allowed (112.9).

In their last game, the Pelicans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 124-112 when they played the Hawks. The Pelicans were able to pull down 26 defensive boards and 15 offensive rebounds for a total of 41 for the matchup. They also turned the ball over 16 times, while getting 15 steals in this matchup. The Hawks earned 15 fouls for the game which got the Pelicans to the free throw line for a total of 17 shots. They were able to knock down 11 of those for a rate of 64.7%. When talking about shooting from beyond the arc, New Orleans converted 13 of 42 attempts (31.0%). At the conclusion of this game, the Pelicans went 44 for 100 from the floor which had them shooting 44.0%. The Pelicans permitted the Hawks to knock down 49 out of 96 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 51.0% for this contest. They wrapped up this game 26.3% from beyond the arc by shooting 10 of 38 and finished the contest at 16 of 20 at the charity stripe (80.0%). Concerning cleaning the glass, New Orleans allowed Atlanta to grab 51 in total (11 offensive).

CJ McCollum ended up being a major contributor for the Pelicans in the matchup. He converted 12 out of 26 for this game giving him a rate of 46.2%, and had 6 rebounds. McCollum racked up 29 points in his 35 mins on the court and accumulated 2 dimes for this contest.

New Orleans has a mark of 4-18 on the campaign. As an offense, the Pelicans are hitting on 43.3% from the field, which ranks them 29th in the league. New Orleans has accumulated 2,273 points for the campaign (103.3 per contest) and they average 43.4 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 23.7 times per contest (26th in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 15.3 times per game. The Pelicans have committed 17.3 fouls per game while shooting 75.3% from the charity stripe.

The New Orleans defense allows 37.3% on shots from 3-point land (317 of 851) and opponents are connecting on 77.2% of their free throw shots. They surrender 28.6 assists and 45.2 boards every game, which is ranked 28th and 25th in the NBA. The Pelicans on the defensive end are ranked 23rd in the league in PPG allowed with 116.0. They are able to force 14.4 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 48.5% from the floor (28th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New Orleans

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