The Suns are coming into this game with a 12-8 record this season and they have been playing well in their recent games. They have won their last 2 straight games, beating the Warriors and the Spurs, but both of those games were at home with Kevin Durant in the lineup. Durant injured himself again against the Spurs and now the Suns will be missing both he and Nurkic for this game. The Suns have also been on a massive homestand as they have played their last 6 straight games at home, but they have not been as good on the road. They are only 4-4 on the road this season compared to being 8-4 at home, and they have lost their last 3 straight games on the road with 2 of those losses coming by 10+ points. They are going up against a Pelicans team that is 4-18 this season and they have been awful in their recent games as they currently sit at the bottom of the Western Conference. They have lost their last 9 straight games and they have been dominated in their last 4, but they just returned from an awful 3 game road trip which they came up empty handed and they are going to be hungry to bounce back here as they have played much better at home. They have lost their last 3 straight games at home and their last loss there was an awful loss to the Raptors by 10+ points, but their 2 losses prior to that were much closer as they lost by 4 points to the Warriors and by 5 points to the Lakers, both being games where they were right in it to win it. The Pelicans are going to be desperate to snap their losing streak here at home and this is a great spot for them with a banged up Suns team coming into town. The Pelicans will cover the spread in this game.