Houston Rockets vs. Indiana Pacers 3/9/23-Free Pick, NBA Betting
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2023 NBA Handicapping
(15-50) Houston Rockets vs. Indiana Pacers (29-37)
Date: Thursday, March 9th
Time: 7:00 PM EST
Venue: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indiana, Indianapolis
Moneyline NBA Odds: Rockets +350 | Pacers -420 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Pacers –9.5
Today’s NBA Betting Total: 236
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As can be seen, the Houston Rockets arrive to this match having last played Tuesday in a 96-118 loss to the Nets while, the Indiana Pacers have been off since Monday when they lost an offensive 143-147 to the 76ers.
ATS
The Rockets are 24-38-3 overall against the spread this season. Also, they are 10-22-1 ATS as the away team. Additionally, the Pacers are 36-29-1 against the spread this season. Also, they are 21-12-1 ATS as the home team
Season Series
Thursday, March 9th, the Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers play for the second and final time this season. In the initial November 18th contest the Pacers took the match by a 99-91 score.
Last season, the teams played twice with Indiana winning both contests and owning a current five-game win streak. The Rockets have won 57 of the 100 matches played versus the Pacers all-time.
*Editor’s Note: Statistics and rankings are current as of this writing, Wednesday, March 8th. Numbers may vary slightly entering games on Thursday, March 9th.
Houston Rockets
In a year where the league has demonstrated such parity there are less than a handful of teams opponents view as an easy win. The Rockets are in that group and subsequently opponents are all eager for their matches against this squad.
Stats
Offensively, the Rockets score 110.0 points per game ranking 29th overall. Houston shoots 45.3% from the field which also ranks 29th while they shoot 32.7% from the perimeter ranking 30th overall.
Meanwhile, defensively, the Rockets allow opponents to score 118.2 points per game which ranks 27th overall, while Houston’s foes shoot 47.9% and 37.5% from the perimeter ranking 21st and 27th respectively.
Injury Report
To summarize the injury report…
- Kevin Porter Jr. (doubtful—thigh)
Indiana Pacers
With 17 games remaining the Pacers hopes of securing a play-in berth isn’t out of the question yet. They sit on the 12th rung in the East but are just a half game back of the 11th seeded Bulls and 2.5 games behind the 10th-seeded Wizards.
At this point in the season scoreboard watching increases as teams can benefit via other teams doing their dirty work.
For example after this match Indy plays a baseball set versus the Pistons which theoretically should result in three victories while the Hawks could help Indy by sweeping the Wizards.
By week’s end the Pacers could very well be back in the play-in tournament if everything works in their favor.
Stats
The Pacers average 115.5 points per game ranking 11th while shooting 46.4% from the field and 36.4% from deep ranking 25th and 12th.
Defensively, Indy allows 117.9 points per game ranking 26th while opponents shoot 47.9% from the field and 37.3% from the perimeter ranking 24th and 26th respectively.
Injury Report
- Aaron Nesmith SG (questionable—hip)
- Kendall Brown, (questionable—shin)
Houston Rockets vs. Indiana Pacers NBA Betting Trends:
- At this point, the Rockets are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 6 games.
- Also, Rockets are 2-12 SU in their last 14 games.
- By comparison, the Pacers are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana’s last 7 games.
- In conclusion, the Pacers are 5-12 SU in their last 17 games.
Free Houston Rockets vs. Indiana Pacers NBA Prediction:
Unlike some of the tanking teams the Rockets aren’t sitting players with mild bumps and bruises. Coach Steven Silas seems to understand the importance of building winning habits now that the Rockets have seemingly secured their prime lottery position.
That’s not stopping opponents from continuing to beat Houston and with Indy still very much in the race to earn a play-in seed this should be yet another loss for Houston.
The point spread is another matter especially since Houston has won two of the last three. Granted that was a sweep of the Spurs and they’ve also lost eight of their last 10 with seven of those losses by a double-digit margin.
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