Houston Rockets versus New Orleans Hornets Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 1-2-2013

  • 11 years ago
The 7-24 New Orleans Hornets will be on a back to back as they face the 17-14 Houston Rockets in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from Houston is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The NBA odds from this game has the home team Houston Rockets favored by -9 ½ points with an over under line of 201 points. When the odds came out in this game a few hours ago it was Houston a -9 ½ point favorite and the total of 202 points. There has been no movement on the spread and a one point move on the under.

The two teams met on November 14th and it was Houston with the 100-96 home win as a -6 ½ point betting favorite. The game went over 184 ½ points.

The Hornets have dropped 8 of their past ten games. They drop a 95-86 home defeat on Tuesday to the Atlanta Hawks as a +2 point underdog. The game landed under 185 points. It was the ninth straight game the Hornets was held under 100 points. The team is 29th and second to last in scoring offense with just 91 points a game. Eric Gordon in his second game back in the lineup came off the bench and played 23 minutes and scored 11 points on 5 of 17 from the floor. New Orleans is 4-11 on the road.

Houston is 12-6 on their home court. They broke their two game losing streak in a 123-104 home win against Atlanta on New Year’s Eve as a -5 point betting favorite. The game went over 206 points. The Rockets sports the number two offense in the league with 106 points scored per game. Due to their small size they team is the worst ranked scoring defense allowing 104 points per contest. James Harden leads the team with 26 points and 44% shooting. Jeremy Lin has picked up his shooting percentage to 43% and he dishes out 6 ½ assists a game.

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