Six year veteran Saddiq Bey is enjoying his best season yet and is averaging a career best 16.5 PPG culminating in Bey scoring 20+ in 5/6 games. With that being said, Bey appears to be a regression candidate and he has been shooting a blistering 50% from three on 42 attempts over that six game sample. Bey is a career 35% shooter and he is at best the third scoring option on the Pelicans, meaning his volume could dwindle. I also like the fact they’re facing a Hornets team that plays slow coupled with being 6.5 point underdogs which provides some blowout potential.

FanDuel. Going to hop on this Ryan Kalkbrenner line, even with a little juice. Since coming back from injury (and ceding his starting spot to Moussa Diabete), Kalkbrenner has still cleared this points line in nine of 12 games. It’s an A+ matchup against the Pelicans who allow the second most at rim points, the fourth most assists at the rim, and the fifth most points to centers. As an alternative, I’d also bet this at over 10.5 points plus rebounds.

The Pels have looked a bit more competitive lately with Zion Williamson staying off the injury list but the host Hornets have taken it a bit further. How so? Charlotte is actually winning games, now six in a row, as Charles Lee finally has had most hands on deck. The recent results are noteworthy, including a win over the Spurs on Saturday, when on-fire Brandon Miller (26 points) led the Hornets in scoring for the eighth time in nine games, and Charlotte dominated the glass by a 51-36 count. The Hornets were minus LaMelo Ball and were well before they hit stride when losing by 4 at Smoothie King back on November 4. Note tip-off moved to 3 PM EST! Play Hornets.