The Chicago Bulls will start their 2024-25 season as 7.5-point underdogs against the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. The game tips at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and CHSN.

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Pelicans vs. Bulls Game Info & Odds

• Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and CHSN
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• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Pelicans vs. Bulls Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Pelicans 117 – Bulls 108

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Spread & Total Prediction for Pelicans vs. Bulls

• Pick ATS: Pelicans (- 7.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Pelicans (-9.7)
• Pick OU:

  Over (224.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 225.0

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• At 115.1 points scored per game and 110.7 points conceded last year, the Pelicans were 13th in the league on offense and eighth on defense.
• New Orleans was 12th in the league in rebounds per game (44) and seventh in rebounds conceded (42.3) last season.
• Last season the Pelicans were ranked 12th in the NBA in assists with 27 per game.
• In terms of turnovers, New Orleans was 13th in the league in committing them (12.4 per game) last season. It was sixth in forcing them (13.4 per game).
• Last season, the Pelicans were 18th in the league in 3-point makes (12.5 per game) and fourth-best in 3-point percentage (38.3%).

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Bulls Performance Insights

• Last year the Bulls posted 112.3 points per game (22nd-ranked in NBA) and allowed 113.7 points per contest (16th-ranked).
• With 43.8 boards per game, Chicago was 14th in the NBA. It ceded 43.4 rebounds per contest, which ranked 15th in the league.
• The Bulls delivered 25 dimes per game, which ranked them 23rd in the NBA.
• Chicago ranked third-best in the NBA by committing just 11.7 turnovers per game. In terms of forced turnovers, it ranked 15th in the league (13 per contest).
• While the Bulls were in the bottom five in the NBA in threes per game with 11.5 (fifth-worst), they ranked 20th in the league with a 35.8% three-point percentage.

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