NBA Preview And Prediction: Los Angeles Lakers vs New Orleans Pelicans Betting Tips & Picks December 1, 2025

Who The Odds Favor: Los Angeles Lakers to win

• Derived from the bookies odds, Los Angeles Lakers are the pick to come out on top in this fixture with a 92.59% chance to win. A solid prediction? Most likely, as Bookmakers have their metrics figured out:
  Los Angeles Lakers → 1.08
  New Orleans Pelicans → 9.73

  Prediction	Chance Of Win
  Los Angeles Lakers	92.59 %
  New Orleans Pelicans	10.28 %
  Above is implied from odds. Login now to get our expert predictions.

• Assessing the odds for total points indicates there is a 58.14% expectation of this game having more than 225.5 total points:
  Match Over 225.5 Points → 1.72

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (225.5)
  Over	58.14 %
  Under	44.25 %
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• Evaluating the odds for total points indicates there is a 56.18% expectation of this game having higher than 226.5 total points:
  Match Over 226.5 Points → 1.78

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (226.5)
  Over	56.18 %
  Under	46.51 %
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• Assessing the odds for total points indicates a likelihood of a 54.35% prediction of this match having more than 227.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 227.5 Points → 1.84

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (227.5)
  Over	54.35 %
  Under	48.78 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored implies a likelihood of a 51.95% prediction of this match having more than 228.5 total points:
  Match Over 228.5 Points → 1.93

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (228.5)
  Over	51.95 %
  Under	51.23 %
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• Evaluating the odds for total points indicates a likelihood of a 49.5% expectation of this match having more than 229.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 229.5 Points → 2.02

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (229.5)
  Over	49.5 %
  Under	53.94 %
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• Analyzing the odds for points scored suggests there is a 47.39% prediction of this game having higher than 230.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 230.5 Points → 2.11

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (230.5)
  Over	47.39 %
  Under	56.34 %
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• Implied via the sportsbook odds, Los Angeles Lakers are the favorite to be in front at halftime in this game with a 84.75% chance of winning the first half. Is this accurate? We think so, as Oddsmakers do their analysis:
  Los Angeles Lakers First Half → 1.18
  New Orleans Pelicans First Half → 5.30

  Prediction	Chance Of 1H Winner
  Los Angeles Lakers	84.75 %
  New Orleans Pelicans	18.87 %
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• Implied via the sportsbook odds, Los Angeles Lakers are the favorite to get the victory in regular time in this fixture with a 92.59% probability of winning. A solid prediction? Most likely, as Oddsmakers are skilled at predicting:
  Los Angeles Lakers Regular Time → 1.08
  New Orleans Pelicans Regular Time → 8.40
  Draw Regular Time → 19.00

  Prediction	Chance Of RT Result
  Los Angeles Lakers	92.59 %
  New Orleans Pelicans	11.9 %
  Draw	5.26 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored indicates there is a 100% expectation of this match having over 175.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 175.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (175.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for points scored indicates a likelihood of a 100% prediction of this game having over 176.5 total points:
  Match Over 176.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (176.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored implies there is a 100% prediction of this game having over 177.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 177.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (177.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for points scored suggests there is a 100% expectation of this game having higher than 178.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 178.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (178.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for total points implies there is a 100% expectation of this game having more than 179.5 total points:
  Match Over 179.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (179.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for points scored suggests a likelihood of a 100% prediction of this game having higher than 180.5 total points:
  Match Over 180.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (180.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored implies a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this game having more than 181.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 181.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (181.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for total points implies there is a 100% expectation of this match having more than 182.5 total points:
  Match Over 182.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (182.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for total points suggests a likelihood of a 100% prediction of this game having higher than 183.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 183.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (183.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for points scored indicates a likelihood of a 100% prediction of this match having over 184.5 total points:
  Match Over 184.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (184.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored implies there is a 100% prediction of this match having more than 185.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 185.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (185.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for points scored indicates a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this match having higher than 186.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 186.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (186.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for total points suggests a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this game having higher than 187.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 187.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (187.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for total points indicates there is a 100% expectation of this match having higher than 188.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 188.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (188.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for total points suggests there is a 100% expectation of this game having higher than 189.5 total points:
  Match Over 189.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (189.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored indicates there is a 100% expectation of this game having higher than 190.5 total points:
  Match Over 190.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (190.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for points scored indicates a likelihood of a 100% prediction of this match having over 200.5 total points:
  Match Over 200.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (200.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for points scored implies a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this game having over 205.5 total points:
  Match Over 205.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (205.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for total points indicates there is a 100% prediction of this game having higher than 210.5 total points:
  Match Over 210.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (210.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for total points indicates there is a 79.37% expectation of this match having more than 215.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 215.5 Points → 1.26

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (215.5)
  Over	79.37 %
  Under	28.57 %
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• Assessing the odds for points scored suggests there is a 68.97% expectation of this game having more than 220.5 total points:
  Match Over 220.5 Points → 1.45

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (220.5)
  Over	68.97 %
  Under	37.74 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored suggests a likelihood of a 67.11% prediction of this match having higher than 221.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 221.5 Points → 1.49

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (221.5)
  Over	67.11 %
  Under	39.22 %
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• Analyzing the odds for points scored implies there is a 64.94% prediction of this match having more than 222.5 total points:
  Match Over 222.5 Points → 1.54

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (222.5)
  Over	64.94 %
  Under	41.15 %
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• Evaluating the odds for total points indicates a likelihood of a 62.5% expectation of this game having higher than 223.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 223.5 Points → 1.60

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (223.5)
  Over	62.5 %
  Under	41.67 %
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• Assessing the odds for total points implies a likelihood of a 60.61% expectation of this game having higher than 224.5 total points:
  Match Over 224.5 Points → 1.65

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. OT) (224.5)
  Over	60.61 %
  Under	43.48 %
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• Evaluating the odds for first half total points suggests a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this match having higher than 90.5 total points in the first half:
  First Half Over 90.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (90.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored in the first half implies a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this match having over 95.5 total points scored in the first half:
  First Half Over 95.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (95.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for points scored in the first half indicates a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this match having over 96.5 total points in the first half:
  First Half Over 96.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (96.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for first half total points indicates a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this match having over 97.5 total points scored in the first half:
  First Half Over 97.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (97.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Evaluating the odds for first half total points suggests a likelihood of a 100% prediction of this game having over 98.5 total points in the first half:
  First Half Over 98.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (98.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Evaluating the odds for points scored in the first half suggests a likelihood of a 100% expectation of this game having higher than 99.5 total points scored in the first half:
  First Half Over 99.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (99.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for first half total points implies there is a 100% expectation of this game having over 100.5 total points scored in the first half:
  First Half Over 100.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (100.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Assessing the odds for first half total points implies there is a 100% prediction of this game having higher than 101.5 total points scored in the first half:
  First Half Over 101.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (101.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for first half total points indicates there is a 100% expectation of this game having over 102.5 total points in the first half:
  First Half Over 102.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (102.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Analyzing the odds for points scored in the first half implies a likelihood of a 100% prediction of this match having more than 105.5 total points scored in the first half:
  First Half Over 105.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U 1H Points (105.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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Prediction Based On Head-to-Head: Los Angeles Lakers to win

H2H: Los Angeles Lakers (9 – 1) New Orleans Pelicans.
Los Angeles Lakers to win. The reason? In the last 10 H2H encounters between these two sides, Los Angeles Lakers are ahead 9 – 1. Our head-to-head analysis starts from the game they had in 2008. This suggests that Los Angeles Lakers should prevail in this scheduled battle. The latest game took place on the Sat, 15 Nov 25, when Los Angeles Lakers achieved a 118 – 104 victory.

Can New Orleans Pelicans reverse the trend and win? The most recent time New Orleans Pelicans came out on top vs Los Angeles Lakers occurred on Mon, 01 Jan 24, proving that they are not without hope.

Prediction Based On Recent Form: Los Angeles Lakers to prevail

Analyzing team momentum heading into this fixture, Los Angeles Lakers got the win up against Dallas Mavericks with a result of 129-119. New Orleans Pelicans suffered a defeat vs Golden State Warriors with a score of 96-104. Los Angeles Lakers have won 8 of their last 10 matches versus all opponents, whereas New Orleans Pelicans prevailed in 1 of their last 10 matches versus all opponents, indicating maybe Los Angeles Lakers are in better shape heading into this match.

A comparison of team trends gives us valuable insight into momentum so you can identify the best bets

Against All Opponents Streaks:

• Los Angeles Lakers: 6 Wins.
• New Orleans Pelicans: First quarter winner in 6 of 6.
• Los Angeles Lakers: 118 points scored average in last 10 games.
• New Orleans Pelicans: 113 points scored average in last 10 games.
• Los Angeles Lakers: 232 points average in last 10 games.
• New Orleans Pelicans: 235 points average in last 10 games.

Specific H2H Streaks:

• Los Angeles Lakers: 8 Wins.
• Los Angeles Lakers: First half winner in 7 of 8.
• New Orleans Pelicans: First half loser in 7 of 8.
• Los Angeles Lakers: 116 points scored average in last 10 games.
• New Orleans Pelicans: 110 points scored average in last 10 games.
• Both teams: 225 points average in last 10 games.

Los Angeles Lakers vs New Orleans Pelicans Top Sportsbook Odds For The Fixture

Winner (incl. overtime)

1W

1.08

2W

9.73

Over Under (incl. overtime)

> 225.5

1.72

< 225.5

2.26

> 226.5

1.78

< 226.5

2.15

> 227.5

1.84

< 227.5

2.05

> 228.5

1.925

< 228.5

1.952

> 229.5

2.02

< 229.5

1.854

> 230.5

2.11

< 230.5

1.775

> 175.5

1

< 175.5

1

> 176.5

1

< 176.5

1

> 177.5

1

< 177.5

1

> 178.5

1

< 178.5

1

> 179.5

1

< 179.5

1

> 180.5

1

< 180.5

1

> 181.5

1

< 181.5

1

> 182.5

1

< 182.5

1

> 183.5

1

< 183.5

1

> 184.5

1

< 184.5

1

> 185.5

1

< 185.5

1

> 186.5

1

< 186.5

1

> 187.5

1

< 187.5

1

> 188.5

1

< 188.5

1

> 189.5

1

< 189.5

1

> 190.5

1

< 190.5

1

> 200.5

1

< 200.5

1

> 205.5

1

< 205.5

1

> 210.5

1

< 210.5

1

> 215.5

1.26

< 215.5

3.5

> 220.5

1.45

< 220.5

2.65

> 221.5

1.49

< 221.5

2.55

> 222.5

1.54

< 222.5

2.43

> 223.5

1.6

< 223.5

2.4

> 224.5

1.65

< 224.5

2.3

First Half Winner

1W

1.18

2W

5.3

Over Under Player 3 Point FG (incl. overtime)

> 1.5

2.77

< 1.5

2.2

> 2.5

2.14

< 2.5

2.38

> 3.5

2.44

< 3.5

1.97

Over Under Player Assists (incl. overtime)

> 3.5

2.2

< 3.5

2.33

> 4.5

2.07

< 4.5

1.724

> 6.5

1.92

< 6.5

1.884

> 8.5

1.657

< 8.5

2.23

> 9.5

1.86

< 9.5

1.98

Regular Time Result

1W

1.08

2W

8.4

X

19

Over Under First Half

> 90.5

1

< 90.5

1

> 95.5

1

< 95.5

1

> 96.5

1

< 96.5

1

> 97.5

1

< 97.5

1

> 98.5

1

< 98.5

1

> 99.5

1

< 99.5

1

> 100.5

1

< 100.5

1

> 101.5

1

< 101.5

1

> 102.5

1

< 102.5

1

> 105.5

1

< 105.5

1

Los Angeles Lakers vs New Orleans Pelicans Tips

Over Under Player 3 Point FG (incl. overtime) 2.5 → Over catches the eye as a profitable wager → 2.14