Odds boost: If Saints beat Cardinals, Zion shines against Nets, you can cash in
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The New Orleans Pelicans open their 2022-23 season on Wednesday night at the Brooklyn Nets, kicking off a busy weekend of sports for New Orleans teams.
On Thursday, the New Orleans Saints play at the Arizona Cardinals, and Tulane’s top 25 team and the Pelicans play home games over the weekend.
Bettors can cash in on the action if they think the hometown teams will do well: Bet.NOLA.com has a special boosted parlay for readers with odds of +400 at Caesars Sportsbook. To win the bet, you need:
• Zion Williamson to combine for 30 or more combined points, rebounds and assists on Wednesday night in Brooklyn.
and
• The Saints to beat the Cardinals on Thursday night.
If both legs hit, the +400 odds (boosted from +375) mean that a $20 bet would return $100. The maximum amount you can bet on the parlay is $100, which would return $500 if it hit.
Click here to sign up for Caesars Sportsbook (and enter to win tickets to Sunday’s Pelicans home opener in the process). If already signed up, click here for a direct link to the boosted parlay.
Williamson’s career is still in a nascent stage because of injuries, and although he’s been listed as day to day in the preseason, he is expected to play a full slate of minutes Wednesday night. In his 85 career games — barely more than a full regular season — Williamson has typically gone well over the number of 30 combined points, rebounds and assists with career averages of 25.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
As for the Saints, that’s a trickier proposition. They’re 2-point underdogs to the Cardinals, suggesting something close to a 50/50 game on Thursday night. New Orleans has been in every game this season, though they’ve struggled to finish victories since a borderline miraculous victory in Atlanta in the opening week. Since then, the Saints have lost one-score games to the Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings and most recently to the Cincinnati Bengals.
But if Zion does what his career averages say he will, and the Saints can turn it around, the +475 odds offer a nice boost for Bet.NOLA.com readers.
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