The Clippers Beat the Pelicans by 16 and Our Pick Went Down With Them

The Clippers beat the Pelicans 139-123, and our Pelicans -1.5 pick is a clean MISS. This wasn't a backdoor cover or a late-garbage-time fluke. Los Angeles won by 16. The case was built on efficiency and margin: New Orleans at 112.0 points per 100 possessions against 105.1 for the Clippers, and a +1.4 scoring margin…