ASA top play on 10* UNDER 229.5 Charlotte Hornets @ New Orleans Pelicans, 8:10 PM ET - The Pelicans will be shorthanded on Friday night as Ingram and McCollum are both out of this contest. That will make scoring incredibly hard for the Pelicans as those two combine for 45PPG and we don’t see that production coming from other players that easily. The Hornets defense has been bad all season long, allowing 115PPG, but without Ingram and McCollum on the floor they won’t look as bad as usual. New Orleans is allowing 109PPG which ranks them 14th in the NBA but since the All-Star break, they rank 2nd best in the league in defensive efficiency allowing just 1.069-points per possession. On the season the Hornets are the 3rd fastest paced team in the league but since the break they have slowed considerably to rank 18th. Charlotte is 5-0 Under when coming off a loss, Pelicans Under in 9 of their last twelve when off a loss.