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Pelicans at Celtics · Sun, Mar 21 · 3:00 PM ET

New Orleans at Boston. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Pelicans edges

No clear mismatch in New Orleans' favor.

Celtics edges

  • On defenseBoston's defense contests every shot (4th) against a New Orleans offense that struggles to shoot (27th).

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
NOPRankStatRankBOS
115.420thOffensive rating2nd121.7
119.925thDefensive rating4th113.5
-4.521stNet rating3rd+8.2
99.511thPace30th94.2
52.727thEffective FG %11th55.3
11.79thTurnover %1st10.5
27.08thOffensive rebound %6th29.2
22.26thFree throw rate29th16.7
55.522ndOpponent eFG %4th52.3
11.819thForced turnover %26th11.0
71.428thDefensive rebound %4th75.7
19.913thOpponent FT rate5th18.9

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03Form and season series

Pelicans1-9 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  10. L

Celtics5-5 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. W
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

2025-26 series: Mon, Oct 27 BOS 122, NOP 90 · Fri, Apr 10 NOP 118, BOS 144

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers