Game 4 between the Thunder and Pelicans takes place on Monday and the top-rated sportsbooks have posted the NBA odds for this matchup. For your NBA best bets, I will recommend taking the points with the Pelicans.
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NBA Best Bet: Pelicans +4 (-104) at BetOnline
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans
Monday, April 29, 2024 – 08:30 PM ET at Smoothie King Center
New Orleans’ Shot-Making
New Orleans figured things out in Game 3, only you couldn’t see it on the scoreboard. In Game 2, the Pelicans created five open three-point opportunities. In Game 3, that number ballooned to twelve.
The problem is that they are not converting their opportunities. In Game 3, they made 23.5 percent of their wide-open three-point shot attempts and 25 percent of their open ones.
During the regular season, the Pelicans ranked fourth in three-point shooting percentage. So they can certainly do a lot better.
The Pelicans’ Depth
The Pelicans have not only underachieved in this series in terms of their shot-making specifically but also in terms of their scoring depth in general.
In the regular season, they once scored 118 points in Dallas despite missing Zion, CJ McCollum, and Trey Murphy. So, the importance of Zion’s absence is being overblown.
Considering what scoring depth the Pelicans do have, getting four points at home is a gift that is a consequence of New Orleans’ underachieving in this respect, too.
NBA Best Bet
Things will be all the easier for the Pelicans when the Thunder finally stop overachieving from deep, where they have approached 50 percent in both of the last two games.
This could be a low-scoring thriller like Game 1, but I find it likelier that the Pelicans finally score more than 100 points, showcasing the depth of scoring talent that they’ve proven to exist many times beyond that one game in Dallas, including against good defenses such as Cleveland’s.
NBA Best Bet: Pelicans +4 (-104) at BetOnline
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