The Pacers are the No. 1 defensive team in the NBA yielding just 102.9 points a game. The Pelicans are not good defensively, but both teams figure to be rusty coming off break. In Thursday's action, five of the six games went Under the total, all by quite a bit.

The Pacers are averaging only 100.3 points in their last three games.

The Pelicans have cut back the minutes of star big man Anthony Davis, which hurts their offense.