{"id":118070,"date":"2019-10-23T22:44:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T05:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=118070"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T17:19:26","slug":"bad-beat-breakdown-underdog-pelicans-battle-raptors-but-fade-in-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/bad-beat-breakdown-underdog-pelicans-battle-raptors-but-fade-in-ot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Beat Breakdown: Underdog Pelicans Battle Defending Champs But Fade Late in Overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first game of the NBA regular season Tuesday night was a brutal one for those who bet on the New Orleans Pelicans.<\/p>\n

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Brandon Ingram (right) drives past Toronto’s Pascal Siakim Tuesday night. Ingram and the New Orleans Pelicans hung in with the defending champions, but faltered late in overtime to lose 130-122. (Image: Twitter.com\/PelicansNBA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pelicans traveled to defending champion Toronto for a nationally televised contest. However, the game lost some of its appeal the day before tip-off when New Orleans officials announced that Zion Williamson<\/a>, the favorite for Rookie of the Year, would miss up to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on his right knee.<\/p>\n

With that bad news, New Orleans came into the game as a seven-point underdog to the Raptors at Caesars and a 6.5-point dog at PointsBet.<\/p>\n

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Despite not having Williamson, a young Pelicans team hung in with a Raptors squad that was looking to move on after Kawhi Leonard departed for the Clippers. They jumped out to an 11-point lead in the first quarter, and even had a two-point lead in the final minute of regulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Unfortunately, the game would go to overtime, and while those who took the Pelicans and the points were probably feeling good, that feeling wouldn\u2019t last for long, as a bad beat<\/a> was looming.<\/p>\n

Raptors Pull Away in OT<\/h2>\n

Jrue Holiday\u2019s jumper with 2:37 left in the extra session allowed the Pelicans to tie the game at 122. From that point on, though, New Orleans missed its last five shots and Toronto closed out the game on an 8-0 run to win 130-122 and cover the spread.<\/p>\n

Unlike most basketball games, the Raptors didn\u2019t pull away at the free throw line late.<\/p>\n

Kyle Lowry’s 3-pointer from the wing with :56.7 left finished the scoring. It also marked only the second time the Raptors led by eight points during the contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, they made a couple of big plays at the end that gave them separation,\u201d Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said. \u201cThat was the difference in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Orleans had a couple of chances in the closing seconds to at least cover. But Holiday missed a long 3-pointer. After an offensive rebound, J.J. Redick committed a turnover with 6.8 seconds left that secured the win for Raptors bettors.<\/p>\n

PointsBet Issues Refunds<\/h2>\n

It wasn\u2019t a losing night for all Pelicans bettors<\/p>\n

On Wednesday afternoon, PointsBet USA announced its \u201cKarma Kommittee\u201d reviewed the game and decided to intervene.<\/p>\n

The sportsbook decided to refund all pregame point spread bets placed on the Pelicans.<\/p>\n

To lead the game with 30 seconds left and not cover +6.5 is pretty much the definition of a bad beat. We didn\u2019t want anyone to begin the new NBA season like that. Refunding Pelicans Bettors was an easy decision,” CEO Johnny Aitken said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PointsBet is currently open in New Jersey, where it offers a mobile app, and Iowa, where it runs a retail sportsbook at the Catfish Bend Casino at Burlington<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time PointsBet, an Australian-based sportsbook that began taking bets in the US in January, has issued refunds. Among the other games where it refunded bets was the NFC Championship<\/a>, after the New Orleans Saints lost to the Los Angeles Rams thanks in large part to officials declining to throw a flag on what appeared to be a pass interference penalty late in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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