The Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at
Oddsmakers currently have the Trail Blazers listed as 4½-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Rockets were defeated 95-84 by the Mavericks in their regular-season finale last time out, as a pick’em. The team’s played UNDER the posted total of 190.
Yao Ming tossed in 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a losing effort.
The Trail Blazers held the Nuggets to just 15 points in the fourth quarter as they cruised to a 104-76 victory in their regular-season finale on Wednesday. The Trail Blazers covered the 7.5-point spread, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total of 199.
Team records:
Portland: 54-28 SU, 46-36 ATS Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Portland are 6-4 After playing Dallas are 7-3 After a loss are 9-1 Portland most recently: A few trends to consider:
Houston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Portland Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing Portland The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Houston’s last 12 games on the road Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games Portland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home Portland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home Next up:
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