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NBA Rockets-150 Moneyline BIG (My Pick)
NBA Bulls+100 moneyline (My Pick)
Other plays from the board:
NHL Wings/Anaheim over 5.5 (hockeytown11 Pick O The Day)
NBA Hornets/Lakers over 206 (Pho3nix32's International Week Pick)
Write up time:
The Rockets as someone so cleverly put it on the board are 6-1 ats when Aaron Brooks starts a game. The away team has won the last 3 games straight up by double digits. Revenge is always in order when these two teams hook up. The Rockets for their part have been beating Dallas by an average victory margin of 12.5 on the road in the last 2 contests.
The Mavs have been playing much better lately but they still play up to or down to the level of their competition exemplified by the 28 point blowout loss in their last road game, but a victory over Orlando and Boston on both teams' home floors. Dallas bettors would do good to go straight for the juggular and take the Dallas +130 moneyline as I did for a small wager to put my vigorish in play for myself just in case Houston implodes with their newfound sense of security by certain individuals. I mean c'mon, a 4-1 straight up record in games in Houston is what it is. Have to have a back up plan for something like that. Houston will definitely have the minority on the consensus all day long. But to break the road team hex in this matchup it will take a strong defensive effort by the Rockets.
I expect a helter skelter effort by Houston on defense in this one. Over their last 5 home games they have only given up an average of 92.3, compared to Dallas giving up an average of 99.6 or basically 100. From those numbers alone I came up with Houston -7.3 on the differential. The locker room is no longer divided with Alston sent packing. I doubt that either Cook or Lowery get much time in this game to upset the minutes but if they do they are very serviceable players that give the Rockets depth at both positions.
I'll take the Rockets and the small moneyline to get the job done in this game. After viewing the numbers of taking the Rockets at -2 versus taking the moneyline, the vigorish for taking it down to 2 was -130 and -150 for a -1.5 spread. Well hell with just 20 more cents on the dollar I can get rid of the points altogether. And since I figure that this game will be a squeaker, Houston may just win by a free throw. The short handed Rockets need to just win, baby...
Totals players the under is 4-1 in games in Houston between these two teams and the average totals line is 187, with average actual game totals of 179.
NBA Rockets-150 Moneyline BIG (My Pick)
NBA Bulls+100 moneyline (My Pick)
Other plays from the board:
NHL Wings/Anaheim over 5.5 (hockeytown11 Pick O The Day)
NBA Hornets/Lakers over 206 (Pho3nix32's International Week Pick)
Write up time:
The Rockets as someone so cleverly put it on the board are 6-1 ats when Aaron Brooks starts a game. The away team has won the last 3 games straight up by double digits. Revenge is always in order when these two teams hook up. The Rockets for their part have been beating Dallas by an average victory margin of 12.5 on the road in the last 2 contests.
The Mavs have been playing much better lately but they still play up to or down to the level of their competition exemplified by the 28 point blowout loss in their last road game, but a victory over Orlando and Boston on both teams' home floors. Dallas bettors would do good to go straight for the juggular and take the Dallas +130 moneyline as I did for a small wager to put my vigorish in play for myself just in case Houston implodes with their newfound sense of security by certain individuals. I mean c'mon, a 4-1 straight up record in games in Houston is what it is. Have to have a back up plan for something like that. Houston will definitely have the minority on the consensus all day long. But to break the road team hex in this matchup it will take a strong defensive effort by the Rockets.
I expect a helter skelter effort by Houston on defense in this one. Over their last 5 home games they have only given up an average of 92.3, compared to Dallas giving up an average of 99.6 or basically 100. From those numbers alone I came up with Houston -7.3 on the differential. The locker room is no longer divided with Alston sent packing. I doubt that either Cook or Lowery get much time in this game to upset the minutes but if they do they are very serviceable players that give the Rockets depth at both positions.
I'll take the Rockets and the small moneyline to get the job done in this game. After viewing the numbers of taking the Rockets at -2 versus taking the moneyline, the vigorish for taking it down to 2 was -130 and -150 for a -1.5 spread. Well hell with just 20 more cents on the dollar I can get rid of the points altogether. And since I figure that this game will be a squeaker, Houston may just win by a free throw. The short handed Rockets need to just win, baby...
Totals players the under is 4-1 in games in Houston between these two teams and the average totals line is 187, with average actual game totals of 179.