We'll reason I picked New Orleans to cover the point spread was because they are in such a losing streak that they would be very motivated to win this game which in turn even if they lost the game they would of made it a close game in points thus covering the point spread of 5 1/2 either way.
They needed to prove themselves in this game more then anything so they would try even harder then in the past 4 games. I guess I was right. I made a similar assumption with Miami I think last week or week before and won that bet as well.