The San Antonio Spurs can avenge their Sunday night loss when they face the New Orleans Pelicans for the second-consecutive game in the Big Easy.
Life has been difficult without All-Star Victor Wembanyama, but my Spurs vs. Pelicans predictions expect the Spurs to figure some things out and maybe pull off an upset.
Read on as I share my NBA picks for Tuesday, February 25.
Spurs vs Pelicans prediction
My best bet
Spurs moneyline (+130 at bet365)
My analysis
The San Antonio Spurs must feel snake-bit.
They lost head coach Gregg Popovich for the season due to health reasons, and last week, San Antonio shut down DPOY frontrunner Victor Wembanyama for the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury.
San Antonio has gotten by without Coach Pop, but Wembanyama was the main man for everything in San Antonio. He led the team in scoring (24 ppg) and rebounding (11) with nearly four dimes per night.
Wembanyama-type production isn’t currently on the San Antonio bench, which is why the Spurs have scored fewer than 110 points in their last two games and were beaten by the New Orleans Pelicans by 18.
The Spurs did get the better of the Pelicans for most of Sunday’s clash, but they shot the ball poorly from everywhere and failed to clean either end of the glass against an inconsistent New Orleans rebounding side.
San Antonio will shoot better than the 33% from the field and 29% from downtown and won't be outrebounded by 23 as it was on Sunday.
The poor shooting and getting blasted on the glass were the difference in Sunday’s tilt. I expect the Spurs to fight harder on the glass, make a few more triples, and leave Smoothie King Center feeling less “snake bit” after a much-needed victory.
Spurs vs Pelicans same-game parlay
Spurs moneyline
Chris Paul Over 1.5 threes
Harrison Barnes Over 1.5 threes
The Spurs will win, but only if they make triples.
New Orleans allows the 28th-most made threes per game, and I like the low 3-point totals for Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes.
Paul shot a miserable 1-for-7 on Sunday with only two made threes in his last 10 attempts from downtown. The former Pelican is shooting 35% this season from long-range, and he’ll knock down 2+, as will Barnes.
Barnes went 3-for-7 from long range Sunday. He’s knocked down 2+ in five of six, and I anticipate Barnes catching fire again against the shaky Pelicans perimeter defense.
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Spurs vs Pelicans odds
Spurs vs Pelicans live odds
Spurs vs Pelicans opening odds
- Spread: San Antonio +2.5 | New Orleans -2.5
- Moneyline: San Antonio +120 | New Orleans -140
- Over/Under: Over 237.5 | Under 237.5
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Spurs vs Pelicans spread and Over/Under analysis
- San Antonio is 3-7 SU and 3-7-0 ATS across its last 10.
- New Orleans is 2-8 SU and 4-5-1 against the number in its previous 10.
- The Over/Under is 5-5-0 across the last 10 head-to-head meetings.
Spurs vs Pelicans trend
The San Antonio Spurs have hit the moneyline in 35 of their last 78 games (+14.45 Units / 14% ROI). Find more NBA betting trends for Spurs vs. Pelicans.
How to watch Spurs vs Pelicans
| Location | Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA |
| Date | Tuesday, 2-25-2025 |
| Tip-off | 8:00 p.m. ET |
| TV | GCSEN / WVUE, FanDuel Sports Network - Southwest |
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