The Houston Rockets (20-9) are favored (-8.5) to continue a three-game win streak when they visit the New Orleans Pelicans (5-25) at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at Smoothie King Center. The game airs on SCHN and Gulf Coast Sports.

To find the best bets you can place on Thursday’s game, based on our computer predictions, see below.

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Rockets vs. Pelicans Game Info

• When: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
• Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
• TV: SCHN and Gulf Coast Sports
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Rockets vs. Pelicans Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Rockets (- 8.5)

• Houston is 18-11-0 against the spread this season.
• New Orleans has 11 wins in 30 games against the spread this season.
• Against the spread as 8.5-point favorites or more, the Rockets are 3-3.
• The Pelicans’ ATS record as 8.5-point underdogs or more is 3-8.

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Pick OU:

Under (222.5)

• Rockets games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 222.5 points 14 times.
• The Pelicans have played 17 games this season that have had more than 222.5 combined points scored.
• The average total in Houston’s games this season is 221.9, 0.6 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
• The average total for New Orleans’ games this season has been 223, 0.5 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
• The Rockets are the 15th-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Pelicans have scored the 20th-most points.
• The Pelicans have surrendered the 27th-fewest points in NBA play this season, while the Rockets have given up the fifth-fewest.

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Moneyline Pick: Rockets (-350)

• This season, the Rockets have been favored 21 times and won 16, or 76.2%, of those games.
• The Pelicans have been victorious in three, or 13%, of the 23 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
• Houston has a record of 4-2 when it’s favored by -350 or more by bookmakers this season.
• New Orleans has yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +280 or worse on the moneyline this season.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rockets have a 77.8% chance to win.

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