Houston at New Orleans

The New Orleans Pelicans are in a must-win situation if they want to keep their faint playoff hopes alive as they trail the Oklahoma City Thunder by 3.5 games for the #8 and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. New Orleans did not help their cause as they are coming off a three game road trip, having gone 0-3. Houston is playing well, but three of their last four opponents were below .500 and New Orleans is 23-12 at home on the season. The Pelicans fit a situation that plays on marginal winning home teams off at least two road losses against a team better than .500 that has gone 62-34 ATS. Take New Orleans.