Houston Rockets versus LA Lakers Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 12-4-2012
- 11 years ago
The 8-9 LA Lakers will begin their road trip in the southwest as they face the 8-8 Houston Rockets in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Houston is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA League Pass Channel.
The current NBA odds from this matchup have the road team LA Lakers favored by -2 points and the over under lined at 214 points. When the odds were release a few hours ago the Lakers were -1 ½ point favorites and the total was lined at 214 ½ points. We have seen a ½ point move on the Lakers and a ½ point move under the total.
The teams met back on November 18th and it was the Lakers with the 119-108 home win as a -7 point favorite. Trend: Houston Rockets are 4-0 to the over in their past four games.
The Lakers are coming off a home stand where they dropped two of three to lesser teams in Indiana and Orlando. The loss on Sunday came to the Magic 113-103 as a -13 point favorite. They allowed a bad shooting team in the Magic convert on 50% from the field. Pau Gasol continues his pace for career low offensive numbers as he scores just 11 points and hits on 4 of 11 shots in 28 minutes played. He just doesn’t seem to have the proper fitness level as he looks slow and lazy on the court. LA has not been good on the defensive end in their road games as they allow nearly 104 points and 47% shooting from the floor.
Houston has won four of their past five games. The Rockets have put together a five game home winning streak with a notable 131-103 win against the Knicks during this span. After a road loss at Oklahoma City the Rockets return home and beat the Utah Jazz on Saturday 124-116 as a -6 ½ point favorite. In their past three home games the Rockets have averaged 124 points a game. James Harden leads the Rockets with 24 points per game.
The current NBA odds from this matchup have the road team LA Lakers favored by -2 points and the over under lined at 214 points. When the odds were release a few hours ago the Lakers were -1 ½ point favorites and the total was lined at 214 ½ points. We have seen a ½ point move on the Lakers and a ½ point move under the total.
The teams met back on November 18th and it was the Lakers with the 119-108 home win as a -7 point favorite. Trend: Houston Rockets are 4-0 to the over in their past four games.
The Lakers are coming off a home stand where they dropped two of three to lesser teams in Indiana and Orlando. The loss on Sunday came to the Magic 113-103 as a -13 point favorite. They allowed a bad shooting team in the Magic convert on 50% from the field. Pau Gasol continues his pace for career low offensive numbers as he scores just 11 points and hits on 4 of 11 shots in 28 minutes played. He just doesn’t seem to have the proper fitness level as he looks slow and lazy on the court. LA has not been good on the defensive end in their road games as they allow nearly 104 points and 47% shooting from the floor.
Houston has won four of their past five games. The Rockets have put together a five game home winning streak with a notable 131-103 win against the Knicks during this span. After a road loss at Oklahoma City the Rockets return home and beat the Utah Jazz on Saturday 124-116 as a -6 ½ point favorite. In their past three home games the Rockets have averaged 124 points a game. James Harden leads the Rockets with 24 points per game.