New Orleans Pelicans Vs Phoenix Suns-Game Day Preview: 12.29.2020

An NBA Game Day Preview between the New Orleans Pelicans Vs Phoenix Suns – 2020 Holiday Week.

When: 10:00 PM EST, December 29, 2020
Where: Phoenix Suns Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: TNT

Point Spread: Suns -3.5
OVER/UNDER Game Total: 223.5

New Orleans Pelicans

Record: 2-1
Road Record: 1-1
ATS: 1-2

Phoenix Suns

Record: 2-1
Home Record: 1-0
ATS: 2-1

New Orleans Pelicans Vs Phoenix Suns Game Day Preview

Good under the radar game! A pair of teams looking to move into the 2020-21 playoff conversation will meet in an early-season showdown tonight when the New Orleans Pelicans travel to face the Phoenix Suns.

The Pelicans have not made the playoffs since the end of the 2017-18 season, while the Suns have not sniffed the top eight in the Western Conference since 2009-10.

Both teams are 2-1 on the young season and are coming off victories this past Sunday.

New Orleans Pelicans

The Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram scored 28 points in a WIN over the Spurs and has averaged 26.7 points so far. He is getting plenty of support from Zion Williamson, who scored 18 against the Spurs and has averaged 21.7 points over the first three games of the young season.

The Pelicans won Sunday’s game despite shooting 38.3 percent (36 of 94) from the floor and 20.8 percent (5 of 24) from 3-point range.

“Look, I told these guys afterwards, it sounds crazy, but as a coach, these are my favorite kinds of wins,” new head coach Stan Van Gundy said. “Not that I want to shoot like that every night, but to shoot 38 percent and 20 percent from 3 in the NBA and be able to get a win against a good team, to me, is a great way to win.”

Phoenix Suns

Solid early success for Phoenix from the duo of Devin Booker and Chris Paul. Booker has scored 22.7 points per game, while veteran CP is pouring in 12.7 points per game and 9.7 assists in his first stint in Phoenix.

“I say we’re getting better and it’s a work in progress,” Booker said Sunday. “Film has done really well for us, communication has done really well for us, and we talk about trusting the system. We have a lot of new players out there trying to figure each other out but always with the right intention.”

Pelicans Vs Suns Facts

1. Pelicans are 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Phoenix.
2. Over is 5-0 in the last 5 Pelicans Vs Phoenix Suns meetings.
3. Pelicans are 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings against the Suns.

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