4/5/2024 New Orleans v. San Antonio Game Preview

April 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Pelicans vs. Spurs Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights for April 5

The New Orleans Pelicans (45-31) welcome in the San Antonio Spurs (18-58) after dropping three straight home games. The game starts at 8:00 PM ET on Friday, April 5, 2024.

The Pelicans enter their matchup versus the Spurs as double-digit favorites, by 11.5 points. This game has 219 points as its over/under.

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Pelicans vs. Spurs game info

  • Date: Friday, April 5, 2024
  • Time: 8:00 PM ET
  • How to Watch on TV: BSNO and BSSW
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
  • Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Venue: Smoothie King Center
  • Spread: New Orleans -11.5
  • Moneylines: New Orleans -736, San Antonio +514
  • Total: 219 points

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Prediction: Who will win the Pelicans vs. Spurs game?

  • Prediction: Pelicans 122 - Spurs 107
  • Pick ATS: Pelicans (- 11.5)
  • Pick OU: Over (219)

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Pelicans vs. Spurs Odds, Spread, Over/Under

Favorite Spread Total
Pelicans -11.5 219

Pelicans vs. Spurs betting insights

  • Against the spread, New Orleans is 41-32-3 this season.
  • The Pelicans are 4-1-1 as 11.5-point favorites or more.
  • San Antonio has 39 wins in 76 games against the spread this season.
  • The Spurs are 7-4 as 11.5-point underdogs or more.
  • A total of 53 times so far this year, New Orleans and its opponent have combined to score more than 219 points.
  • Spurs games have finished with over 219 points scored 57 times this season.
  • The over/under for this game is 219 points, 8.2 fewer than the scoring average of the two teams combined.

Pelicans vs. Spurs stat comparison

Pelicans Rank Pelicans AVG Spurs AVG Spurs Rank
13th 115.1 Points Scored 112.1 22nd
8th 110.6 Points Allowed 119.1 25th
10th 44.2 Rebounds 43.9 11th
17th 10.5 Off. Rebounds 10.4 18th
20th 12.2 3pt Made 12.6 16th
12th 26.9 Assists 29.8 2nd
14th 12.4 Turnovers 14.4 27th

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Pelicans top performers

  • Zion Williamson: 22.8 PTS, 5.0 AST, 58.1 FG%, 35.7 3PT% (5-for-14)
  • Jonas Valančiūnas: 12.3 PTS, 9.0 REB, 56.0 FG%, 32.7 3PT% (36-for-110)
  • CJ McCollum: 19.1 PTS, 45.2 FG%, 41.3 3PT% (202-for-489)
  • Herbert Jones: 11.1 PTS, 1.4 STL, 50.5 FG%, 42.3 3PT% (102-for-241)
  • Trey Murphy III: 14.2 PTS, 44.0 FG%, 37.3 3PT% (140-for-375)

Spurs top performers

  • Victor Wembanyama: 21.2 PTS, 10.5 REB, 1.3 STL, 3.5 BLK, 46.4 FG%, 31.9 3PT% (115-for-361)
  • Devin Vassell: 19.5 PTS, 1.1 STL, 47.2 FG%, 37.2 3PT% (166-for-446)
  • Jeremy Sochan: 11.5 PTS, 43.7 FG%, 30.8 3PT% (69-for-224)
  • Tre Jones: 9.7 PTS, 6.2 AST, 51.0 FG%, 34.8 3PT% (57-for-164)
  • Zach Collins: 11.1 PTS, 47.9 FG%, 31.1 3PT% (52-for-167)
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Season Series - New Orleans won 3-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Dec 1, 2023 San Antonio New Orleans 106 - 121 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 17, 2023 New Orleans San Antonio 146 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season
Feb 2, 2024 New Orleans San Antonio 114 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Apr 5, 2024 San Antonio New Orleans 111 - 109 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
San Antonio8248.4112.141.990.7.46212.636.4.34715.620.0.78210.433.944.229.97.16.315.117.2
New Orleans8248.0115.142.587.4.48612.532.6.38317.622.8.77110.433.644.027.08.34.613.018.4
SAN Opponents8248.3118.644.992.3.48712.734.0.37316.020.5.78410.534.845.328.08.94.613.217.9
NOP Opponents8248.0110.740.587.3.46413.538.7.34916.220.7.78310.132.242.326.86.55.214.018.4


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 2, 2024 New Orleans San Antonio 114 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Dec 17, 2023 New Orleans San Antonio 146 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season
Dec 1, 2023 San Antonio New Orleans 106 - 121 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 21, 2023 San Antonio New Orleans 84 - 119 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 22, 2022 San Antonio New Orleans 117 - 126 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 2, 2022 New Orleans San Antonio 117 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Nov 23, 2022 New Orleans San Antonio 129 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 26, 2022 San Antonio New Orleans 107 - 103 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 18, 2022 New Orleans San Antonio 124 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Feb 12, 2022 San Antonio New Orleans 124 - 114 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 12, 2021 New Orleans San Antonio 97 - 112 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Apr 24, 2021 San Antonio New Orleans 110 - 108 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 27, 2021 New Orleans San Antonio 114 - 117 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 25, 2021 San Antonio New Orleans 0 - 0 - Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 27, 2020 San Antonio New Orleans 95 - 98 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Aug 9, 2020 San Antonio New Orleans 122 - 113 San Antonio Regular Season State Farm Field House
Jan 22, 2020 San Antonio New Orleans 121 - 117 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2019 New Orleans San Antonio 108 - 113 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 26, 2019 San Antonio New Orleans 126 - 114 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 19, 2018 San Antonio New Orleans 126 - 140 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 3, 2018 New Orleans San Antonio 95 - 109 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Apr 11, 2018 San Antonio New Orleans 98 - 122 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 15, 2018 New Orleans San Antonio 93 - 98 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Feb 28, 2018 New Orleans San Antonio 121 - 116 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Nov 22, 2017 San Antonio New Orleans 90 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 3, 2017 San Antonio New Orleans 101 - 98 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 27, 2017 San Antonio New Orleans 103 - 119 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 18, 2016 New Orleans San Antonio 100 - 113 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Oct 29, 2016 New Orleans San Antonio 79 - 98 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 30, 2016 New Orleans San Antonio 92 - 100 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 3, 2016 San Antonio New Orleans 94 - 86 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 3, 2016 New Orleans San Antonio 97 - 110 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Nov 20, 2015 San Antonio New Orleans 90 - 104 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 15, 2015 San Antonio New Orleans 103 - 108 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 31, 2014 New Orleans San Antonio 93 - 95 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Dec 26, 2014 San Antonio New Orleans 90 - 97 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 8, 2014 New Orleans San Antonio 100 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 29, 2014 New Orleans San Antonio 80 - 96 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Feb 3, 2014 San Antonio New Orleans 102 - 95 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 13, 2014 San Antonio New Orleans 101 - 95 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 25, 2013 New Orleans San Antonio 93 - 112 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 23, 2013 New Orleans San Antonio 102 - 106 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 7, 2013 San Antonio New Orleans 88 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 21, 2012 New Orleans San Antonio 94 - 99 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Oct 31, 2012 San Antonio New Orleans 99 - 95 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 6, 2012 New Orleans San Antonio 103 - 128 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 24, 2012 San Antonio New Orleans 89 - 86 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2012 New Orleans San Antonio 81 - 93 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 23, 2012 San Antonio New Orleans 104 - 102 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 22, 2011 San Antonio New Orleans 72 - 96 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 5, 2010 New Orleans San Antonio 84 - 109 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Nov 28, 2010 San Antonio New Orleans 109 - 95 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Oct 30, 2010 New Orleans San Antonio 99 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 5, 2010 New Orleans San Antonio 91 - 102 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 1, 2010 San Antonio New Orleans 106 - 92 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 18, 2010 San Antonio New Orleans 97 - 90 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Oct 28, 2009 New Orleans San Antonio 96 - 113 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Apr 15, 2009 New Orleans San Antonio 98 - 105 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Mar 29, 2009 San Antonio New Orleans 86 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 31, 2009 New Orleans San Antonio 93 - 106 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Dec 17, 2008 San Antonio New Orleans 83 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
May 19, 2008 San Antonio New Orleans 91 - 82 San Antonio Playoffs Smoothie King Center
May 15, 2008 New Orleans San Antonio 80 - 99 San Antonio Playoffs Frost Bank Center
May 13, 2008 San Antonio New Orleans 79 - 101 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
May 11, 2008 New Orleans San Antonio 80 - 100 San Antonio Playoffs Frost Bank Center
May 8, 2008 New Orleans San Antonio 99 - 110 San Antonio Playoffs Frost Bank Center
May 5, 2008 San Antonio New Orleans 84 - 102 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
May 3, 2008 San Antonio New Orleans 82 - 101 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Mar 12, 2008 San Antonio New Orleans 75 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 23, 2008 New Orleans San Antonio 89 - 98 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 26, 2008 New Orleans San Antonio 102 - 78 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Nov 9, 2007 San Antonio New Orleans 97 - 85 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 28, 2007 New Orleans San Antonio 88 - 92 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 19, 2007 New Orleans San Antonio 86 - 99 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Dec 23, 2006 San Antonio New Orleans 112 - 77 San Antonio Regular Season Paycom Center
Dec 14, 2006 San Antonio New Orleans 103 - 77 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 14, 2006 New Orleans San Antonio 81 - 96 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 25, 2006 San Antonio New Orleans 84 - 68 San Antonio Regular Season Paycom Center
Dec 29, 2005 New Orleans San Antonio 84 - 111 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Dec 18, 2005 San Antonio New Orleans 76 - 89 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Mar 14, 2005 New Orleans San Antonio 89 - 112 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Feb 16, 2005 San Antonio New Orleans 101 - 78 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2005 New Orleans San Antonio 83 - 93 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Dec 17, 2004 San Antonio New Orleans 83 - 67 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 24, 2004 New Orleans San Antonio 98 - 96 New Orleans Regular Season Frost Bank Center
Jan 9, 2004 San Antonio New Orleans 94 - 84 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 30, 2003 San Antonio New Orleans 92 - 90 San Antonio Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2002 New Orleans San Antonio 94 - 99 San Antonio Regular Season Frost Bank Center

2023-2024 San Antonio Spurs Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Jones D. Vassell J. Champagnie J. Sochan V. Wembanyama
Rotation B. Wesley M. Branham K. Johnson S. Cissoko Z. Collins
Rotation J. Bouyea D. Graham C. Osman   R. Gray
Rotation   D. Duke     D. Barlow
Rotation         C. Bassey
Lim PT         S. Mamukelashvili

2023-2024 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. McCollum H. Jones B. Ingram T. Murphy III J. Valanciunas
Rotation J. Alvarado D. Daniels N. Marshall Z. Williamson L. Nance, Jr.
Lim PT   J. Hawkins M. Ryan J. Robinson-Earl C. Zeller
Lim PT   M. Hill   E. Liddell  
Lim PT   D. Seabron      

San Antonio Spurs Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
26 Dominick Barlow F 33 12.7 4.4 1.7 3.4 .496 0.1 0.3 .333 0.9 1.3 .690 1.4 2.1 3.4 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.4
28 Charles Bassey PF 19 10.8 3.3 1.5 2.1 .725 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.3 .833 1.2 2.8 4.0 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.6
15 Jamaree Bouyea G 3 12.6 3.7 1.7 2.3 .714 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 2.7 3.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.3
22 Malaki Branham GF 75 21.3 9.2 3.6 8.4 .432 1.2 3.6 .347 0.7 0.8 .873 0.4 1.6 2.0 2.1 0.4 0.1 1.2 1.3
30 Julian Champagnie F 74 19.8 6.8 2.2 5.4 .408 1.4 3.7 .365 1.0 1.2 .815 0.6 2.2 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0
25 Sidy Cissoko GF 12 11.7 3.8 1.3 2.8 .485 0.1 1.0 .083 1.0 1.2 .800 0.7 1.2 1.8 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.5
23 Zach Collins C 69 22.1 11.2 4.3 8.9 .484 0.8 2.6 .320 1.8 2.3 .753 1.7 3.7 5.4 2.8 0.5 0.8 1.9 3.0
7 David Duke SG 4 12.8 6.5 2.5 4.5 .556 0.8 1.5 .500 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.5 2.0 2.5 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.0
4 Devonte' Graham PG 23 13.6 5.0 1.7 4.7 .352 1.1 3.6 .301 0.6 0.7 .812 0.2 1.3 1.6 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.6
41 Raiquan Gray PF 3 13.0 7.7 3.3 5.7 .588 1.0 2.3 .429 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.7 2.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
3 Keldon Johnson SF 69 29.5 15.7 5.7 12.5 .454 1.8 5.3 .346 2.5 3.2 .792 1.4 4.1 5.5 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.4 2.2
33 Tre Jones PG 77 27.8 10.0 3.9 7.8 .505 0.8 2.5 .335 1.3 1.5 .856 0.8 3.0 3.8 6.2 1.0 0.1 1.5 1.2
54 Sandro Mamukelashvili F 46 9.8 4.1 1.6 3.4 .471 0.4 1.4 .297 0.5 0.7 .735 1.0 2.2 3.2 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8
16 Cedi Osman GF 72 17.6 6.8 2.6 5.3 .479 1.2 3.1 .389 0.5 0.7 .673 0.3 2.2 2.5 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.5
10 Jeremy Sochan SG 74 29.6 11.6 4.6 10.5 .438 0.9 3.1 .308 1.5 1.9 .771 1.9 4.6 6.4 3.4 0.8 0.5 1.9 2.3
24 Devin Vassell SG 68 33.1 19.5 7.3 15.5 .472 2.4 6.6 .372 2.4 3.0 .801 0.4 3.4 3.8 4.1 1.1 0.3 1.6 1.1
1 Victor Wembanyama F 71 29.7 21.4 7.8 16.7 .465 1.8 5.5 .325 4.1 5.2 .796 2.3 8.4 10.6 3.9 1.2 3.6 3.7 2.2
14 Blake Wesley SG 61 14.4 4.4 1.7 3.5 .474 0.2 0.9 .218 0.9 1.3 .667 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.7 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.5

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
15 Jose Alvarado G 56 18.4 7.1 2.5 6.2 .412 1.4 3.7 .377 0.6 0.9 .673 0.4 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.7 1.6
11 Dyson Daniels GF 61 22.3 5.8 2.3 5.1 .447 0.7 2.2 .311 0.6 0.9 .642 1.0 2.9 3.9 2.7 1.4 0.4 1.0 1.7
24 Jordan Hawkins G 67 17.3 7.8 2.6 6.8 .382 1.6 4.4 .366 1.0 1.2 .838 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1
33 Malcolm Hill G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Brandon Ingram SF 64 32.9 20.8 7.8 15.9 .492 1.3 3.8 .355 3.8 4.8 .801 0.7 4.4 5.1 5.7 0.8 0.6 2.5 2.3
5 Herb Jones SF 76 30.5 11.0 3.9 7.7 .498 1.5 3.6 .418 1.8 2.1 .867 1.0 2.6 3.6 2.6 1.4 0.8 1.2 2.9
32 E.J. Liddell PF 8 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 .167 0.0 0.6 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
8 Naji Marshall SF 66 19.0 7.1 2.6 5.6 .463 0.9 2.3 .387 1.0 1.3 .791 0.8 2.8 3.6 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.0 1.4
3 C.J. McCollum G 66 32.7 20.0 7.3 16.0 .459 3.6 8.4 .429 1.7 2.1 .827 0.6 3.7 4.3 4.6 0.9 0.6 1.7 1.9
25 Trey Murphy III G 57 29.7 14.8 4.8 10.9 .443 3.0 7.8 .380 2.2 2.6 .815 0.7 4.2 4.9 2.2 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.2
22 Larry Nance, Jr. SF 61 19.9 5.7 2.3 4.0 .573 0.4 1.1 .415 0.8 1.0 .770 1.5 3.5 5.0 1.9 1.0 0.3 0.8 1.6
50 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl PF 39 8.6 2.9 1.2 2.4 .474 0.3 1.0 .333 0.3 0.4 .750 0.6 1.4 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6
37 Matt Ryan SF 28 13.9 5.4 1.8 4.0 .434 1.5 3.2 .451 0.5 0.5 .929 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.1
0 Dereon Seabron SG 6 9.2 2.3 0.7 2.2 .308 0.2 0.3 .500 0.8 1.0 .833 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7
17 Jonas Valanciunas C 82 23.5 12.2 4.9 8.8 .559 0.5 1.5 .308 2.0 2.5 .785 2.3 6.5 8.8 2.1 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.7
1 Zion Williamson PF 70 31.5 22.9 8.9 15.6 .570 0.1 0.3 .333 5.0 7.1 .702 1.7 4.1 5.8 5.0 1.1 0.7 2.8 2.3
40 Cody Zeller F 43 7.4 1.8 0.6 1.4 .419 0.0 0.1 .333 0.5 0.9 .605 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0

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