NBA DFS Matchup: Hornets-Pelicans (2024-01-17)

In tonight’s NBA DFS basketball match up (Wed, January 17th at 8:00 PM EST), the Southeast Division’s 4th-ranked Charlotte Hornets will face off against the Southwest Division-leading New Orleans Pelicans. The game will take place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA. Responsible for an away record of 4-13 and an overall standing of 8-29, the Hornets are helmed by Coach Steve Clifford and will be playing with 5 missing players. The Pelicans, led by Coach Willie Green and bearing a home record of 12-8 along with an overall standing of 24-17, will be down by 1 player for the game.

The following records represent season averages up until this point.

Hornets-Pelicans NBA DFS Matchup

At present, the Hornets have accumulated 4,008 points, gathered 1,530 rebounds, made 912 assists, and hold a field goal percentage of 45.6%. On the other hand, the Pelicans have collected 4,776 points, secured 1,810 rebounds, achieved 1,097 assists, and boast a field goal percentage of 48.7%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
37	Matt Ryan	New Orleans Pelicans	Out	Soreness (Arm)
20	Gordon Hayward	Charlotte Hornets	Out	Strain (Leg)
5	Mark Williams	Charlotte Hornets	Out	Bruise (Torso)
24	Brandon Miller	Charlotte Hornets	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Torso)
44	Frank Ntilikina	Charlotte Hornets	Out	Fracture (Leg)
7	Bryce McGowens	Charlotte Hornets	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Torso)

Charlotte Hornets Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	LaMelo Ball
		Point Guard		Active		$9,100		$9,300		40.96
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.9	2.9	7.4	0.4	7.1	2.8	19.9	6.3	1.5	3.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	Gordon Hayward
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		28.5
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.1	1.4	3.6	0.4	5.4	3.3	15.5	4.5	1.0	2.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Miles Bridges
		Small Forward		Active		$7,400		$7,600		27.51
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.7	1.5	2.3	0.7	5.3	1.9	14.0	5.8	0.8	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	P.J. Washington
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		$5,700		27.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.1	1.8	2.3	1.0	4.8	1.5	12.9	5.5	0.9	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Terry Rozier
		Shooting Guard		Active		$7,500		$8,400		26.23
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.5	2.1	3.5	0.2	5.1	1.8	14.1	3.9	1.0	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Mark Williams
		Center		Out		N/A		N/A		24.78
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.5	0.0	0.6	1.0	4.2	1.8	10.1	7.9	0.7	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Brandon Miller
		Forward		Day-To-Day		$5,300		$5,500		23.64
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.2	2.0	2.2	0.5	5.2	1.5	13.9	3.7	0.7	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Ish Smith
		Point Guard		Active		$3,100		$3,700		17.28
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.3	0.4	3.8	0.2	3.1	0.6	7.2	2.4	0.7	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Cody Martin
		Small Forward		Active		$4,700		$5,000		16.25
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.3	0.6	2.1	0.3	2.2	0.8	5.8	3.5	1.0	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Nick Richards
		Center		Active		$5,500		$5,800		14.25
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.6	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.2	1.4	5.9	4.5	0.2	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
44	Frank Ntilikina
		Point Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		11.96
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.1	0.6	2.2	0.2	1.8	0.6	4.8	1.8	0.7	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Nick Smith Jr.
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		10.62
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.8	1.4	1.0	0.3	2.7	0.1	7.0	1.6	0.1	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Bryce McGowens
		Guard		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		9.73
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.3	0.7	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.1	5.3	1.9	0.3	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	James Bouknight
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.9	0.8	1.0	0.1	1.8	0.6	5.0	1.8	0.3	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	JT Thor
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		8.17
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.4	3.2	2.1	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
31	Nathan Mensah
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		7.93
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.8	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	3.4	0.3	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
12	Leaky Black
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		4.14
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.6	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.0	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Amari Bailey
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		3.2
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.5

New Orleans Pelicans Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Zion Williamson
		Power Forward		Active		$7,600		$7,900		40.04
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.7	0.2	3.8	0.5	9.6	5.5	25.0	6.7	0.9	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Brandon Ingram
		Small Forward		Active		$8,200		$8,000		32.72
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.0	1.3	4.2	0.5	7.0	3.9	19.4	5.1	0.7	2.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	CJ McCollum
		Shooting Guard		Active		$7,900		$7,900		31.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		32.0	2.4	3.8	0.4	7.4	2.2	19.4	3.6	0.9	1.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
17	Jonas Valanciunas
		Center		Active		$7,500		$7,700		29.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	5.4	2.5	13.5	9.5	0.4	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Herbert Jones
		Small Forward		Active		$5,500		$5,600		23.63
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.6	0.9	2.3	0.8	3.6	1.8	9.9	3.9	1.5	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Larry Nance Jr.
		Power Forward		Active		$4,700		N/A		22.16
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.4	0.4	1.8	0.5	3.2	1.0	7.8	6.3	1.2	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
40	Cody Zeller
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		19.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.3	0.1	1.4	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.1	5.8	0.6	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Trey Murphy III
		Shooting Guard		Active		$5,600		N/A		19.42
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.7	2.0	1.2	0.4	3.6	1.6	10.8	3.1	0.8	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Jose Alvarado
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		17.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.4	1.1	2.8	0.2	2.8	0.9	7.6	2.1	1.2	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Naji Marshall
		Small Forward		Active		$4,200		$4,200		16.65
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.5	0.7	2.1	0.2	2.7	1.6	7.7	3.5	0.7	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Jordan Hawkins
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		16.64
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.0	2.1	1.4	0.1	3.5	1.5	10.7	2.7	0.4	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Dyson Daniels
		Guard		Active		$4,700		$4,600		15.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.8	0.5	2.5	0.2	1.8	0.6	4.8	3.5	1.0	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
50	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		15.27
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.2	0.9	0.9	0.3	2.5	0.7	6.7	4.6	0.5	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
13	Kira Lewis Jr.
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		10.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.8	0.6	1.8	0.1	2.1	0.7	5.4	1.3	0.5	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
37	Matt Ryan
		Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		7.54
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.8	1.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	0.5	5.1	1.2	0.2	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Dereon Seabron
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		4.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.5	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
32	E.J. Liddell
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		2.2
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		2.8	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.3

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