{"id":332117,"date":"2025-03-06T09:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=332117"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:25:31","slug":"rockets-vs-new-orleans-predictions-march-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-new-orleans-predictions-march-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Pelicans SGP predictions March 6: Ride with Houston, Amen Thompson in +350 parlay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday night, the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans embark on the first leg of a home-and-home with a matchup at Smoothie King Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/zion_williamson\">Zion Williamson<\/a> is expected to do it all for the Pelicans right now, but I&#8217;ve found a way to fade him tonight. On the Rockets&#8217; side, I&#8217;m backing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/amen_thompson\">Amen Thompson<\/a> in a plus-money play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Rockets vs. Pelicans SGP predictions for March 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rockets vs. Pelicans predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">NBA standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Rockets ML | Thompson 10+ rebounds | Williamson under 5.5 assists (+350)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:110879\">Embed: #110879<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Rockets moneyline <\/strong>(-182):<\/strong> Let&#8217;s get the concerning part out of the way first. Houston has lost eight consecutive road games, including the first two of this current trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, the Rockets are 17-14 on the road, and they have a 12-4 record as road favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some teams wield a legitimate home-court advantage, but New Orleans isn&#8217;t one of them. The Pelicans are just 11-19 at home, which includes a 4-16 record as home underdogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in December, when Dejounte Murray was still healthy and productive for the Pelicans, Houston beat New Orleans by 15-plus points in a pair of matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of time has passed and Houston is in a serious rut as a road team. But it&#8217;s not like the 17-win Pelicans are in good shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Thompson 10+ rebounds <\/strong>(+112):<\/strong> At plus-money odds, you might want to consider this as a straight wager. The Pelicans are among the worst rebounding teams in the NBA, and I&#8217;m hoping Thompson takes advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Orleans ranks 27th in opponent rebounds per game (46.5) and rebounding rate (48.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Thompson&#8217;s first matchup against the Pelicans this year, he was still coming off the bench. The second-year small forward finished with four rebounds in 24 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One week later against New Orleans, Thompson played 31 minutes as a starter and grabbed 10 boards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson was once a Sixth Man of the Year candidate, but that fell away when he earned a concrete starting role. And recently, he&#8217;s been hauling in a ton of rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over his past nine games, Thompson has averaged 9.9 rebounds and cashed this bet five times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Williamson under 5.5 assists<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-148):<\/strong> Williamson has cashed this bet in three straight games, but this isn&#8217;t a line he typically clears. And the Rockets aren&#8217;t a good matchup for him to buck that trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Houston allows the fifth-fewest rebounds per game to opposing power forwards (3.92), per Betting Pros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Overall, the Rockets allow the second-fewest assists (23.1\/game).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Without Murray at point guard, the Pelicans have been an assists-by-committee team. None of their active players average 5.5 assists or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On any given night, Williamson could be the primary passer \u2014 even though he&#8217;s typically the primary scorer, too. But this matchup isn&#8217;t calling his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 9:10 p.m. ET 03\/06\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday night, the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans embark on the first leg of a home-and-home with a matchup at Smoothie King Center. The pregame narrative: Zion Williamson is expected to do it all for the Pelicans right now, but I&#8217;ve found a way to fade him tonight. On the Rockets&#8217; side, I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":332129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-332117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rockets vs. Pelicans predictions: March 6 NBA SGP picks | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Rockets vs. Pelicans same-game parlay predictions for March 6. 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