The Houston Rockets (37-25) are 4.5-point favorites as they attempt to end an eight-game road losing streak when they square off against the New Orleans Pelicans (17-45) on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The matchup airs at 8 p.m. ET on SCHN, Gulf Coast Sports, and WVUE. The over/under in the matchup is 231.5.
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Rockets Cover -4.5 vs Pelicans -108
Rockets vs. Pelicans betting lines
- Rockets odds to win: -166
- Pelicans odds to win: +139
- Spread: Rockets (-4.5)
- Total: 231.5
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Rockets Statistics, Trends and More
As the Away Team
- Houston has an 18-14 ATS record in road games so far while going 17-15 overall in those contests.
- This year, Houston is 6-5 ATS in road games as 4.5-point favorites or more.
- Rockets road games have hit the over on the set point total 20 times this season.
- This season on the road, Houston and its opponents have averaged a total of 223.7 points per contest, 7.8 points fewer than the over/under for this contest.
Rockets Recent Trends
- The Rockets have a 5-5 record straight-up in their last 10 contests, while covering the spread four times in those games.
- The final score of the past 10 Rockets games has gone over the set total four times.
- The last 10 Rockets games averaged 226.2 total points, 5.3 fewer points than this matchup’s over/under.
- Over their last 10 games, the Rockets have scored 2.9 fewer points per contest compared to their season-long scoring average.
Rockets Betting Records
- The Rockets have won 70% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (28-12).
- When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -166 or shorter, Houston has gone 22-10 (68.8% win percentage).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rockets have an implied win probability of 62.4%.
| Field Goal % | Opp. Field Goal % | Rebounds | Opp. Rebounds | Assists | Turnovers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.6 (26th in NBA) | 45.6 (fifth) | 48.3 (first) | 42.9 (eighth) | 22.5 (30th) | 13.1 (10th) |
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Pelicans Statistics, Trends and More
As the Home Team
- At home this year, Pelicans games have hit the over on the set point total 18 times.
- The Pelicans have covered the spread 16 times at home and is 11-19 in home contests.
- The Pelicans have a 3-1 record ATS at home this season as 4.5-point underdogs or more.
- This season at home the Pelicans and their opponents have averaged a total of 227.1 points per contest, 4.4 points fewer than the over/under for this contest.
Pelicans Recent Trends
- The Pelicans have covered the spread four times in their past 10 contests while putting up a 5-5 record straight-up in those games.
- Pelicans’ past 10 outings saw six go over the total.
- The Pelicans’ past 10 games have ended with an average of 235.1 points scored. That’s 3.6 more points than this contest’s over/under.
- The Pelicans’ per-game scoring average over their last 10 games is 115.3, 4.3 points higher than their season-long per-game average.
Pelicans Betting Records
- New Orleans has been underdogs in 44 games this season and won seven (15.9%) of those contests.
- The Pelicans have a record of 4-34 in games where sportsbooks have them as underdogs of at least +139 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Pelicans based on the moneyline is 41.8%.
| Field Goal % | Opp. Field Goal % | Rebounds | Opp. Rebounds | Assists | Turnovers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.1 (24th in NBA) | 48.2 (28th) | 43.5 (23rd) | 46.5 (27th) | 25.5 (19th) | 13.5 (16th) |
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