ASA Free Play Wednesday NBA
(NBA) San Antonio vs. New Orleans,
Total: 226.00 | 101.00 Over
Result: Loss
ASA free play on OVER 225.5 San Antonio Spurs @ New Orleans Pelicans 9:30 PM ET - The value is clearly on the Over here if we examine the regular season games between these two teams. In the two most recent meetings in March Vegas posted Totals of 237 and 231-points. In February the O/U was 230. Way back in December the line was 221. **NOW 227.5** If we focus on the three most recent games we see two lower scoring games with 210 and 215-points being scored with the other game finishing with 238 total points. The pace of play was fast in all three games though as the Spurs attempted 95 FG’s per game which is significantly higher than the NBA average of 88. The Pelicans averaged 89 FGA’s per game in the three most recent meetings. San Antonio is the 4th fastest paced team in the NBA at 100 possessions per game. The Pelicans are slower at 21st at 97.2 possessions BUT they’ve been faster since the All-Star break at 98.5. With CJ McCollum the Pelicans own the 9th best offensive efficiency ranking in the NBA at 1.181PPP. For the season the Spurs are 13th in OEFF at 1.124PPP. Neither team is known for their defense….Both teams are in the bottom half of the NBA in defensive efficiency rating for the season with the Spurs ranking 16th and the Pels at 20th. Both teams rank 20th or worse in 3PT% defense HORRIBLE SHOOTING…In the two games in March the Spurs shot 39.2% overall and 25.7% from 3PT line. Spurs have totaled 227 or more points in 5 of their last seven. The Pelicans have scored 227 or more in 6 of their last nine.