Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers odds, tips and betting trends
The Portland Trail Blazers (12-31) will try to stop a five-game road losing streak when taking on the Houston Rockets (20-22) on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at Toyota Center, airing at 8:00 PM ET on Space City Home Network and ROOT Sports NW.
The Rockets head into their matchup against the Trail Blazers as a 9.5-point favorite. The matchup’s over/under is set at 221.5.
Rockets vs. Trail Blazers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Houston -9.5
- Total: 221.5
- Moneyline: Houston -444, Portland +343
- Pick ATS: Rockets (- 9.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (221.5)
- Prediction:
Rockets 118 – Trail Blazers 106
- Houston has come away with 11 wins in the 13 contests it has been listed as the favorite this season.
- Houston has been named as a favorite of -444 or more just one time this season and came away with a victory in that game.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Houston has a 81.6% chance of pulling out a win.
- Portland has won 11 of the 39 games it was listed as the moneyline underdog this season (28.2%).
- Portland has a record of 3-11 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +343 or longer (21.4%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, Portland has an implied win probability of 22.6%.
- The Rockets average 112.5 points per game, only 4.5 fewer points than the 117 the Trail Blazers allow.
- When Houston puts up more than 117 points, it is 5-7-1 against the spread and 6-7 overall.
- Portland is 11-4 against the spread and 7-8 overall when it scores more than 112.1 points.
- Houston has an ATS record of 16-2-1 and a 15-4 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 107.6 points.
- The Rockets are the NBA’s 23rd-ranked scoring team (112.5 PPG), while the Trail Blazers rank 19th in points per game allowed (117) in the league.
- Portland’s squad is currently the lowest-scoring team in the NBA (107.6 PPG), while Houston’s team is ninth in points allowed per game (112.1).
- The Rockets have put up just 14 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 0.4 per game), while the Trail Blazers have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 403 total points, 9.4 per game).
- The average implied total for Houston this season is 114.3 points, 1.7 fewer points than its implied total of 116 points in Wednesday’s game.
- This season, Houston has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (116) 16 times.
- The 118.1-point average implied total on the season for Portland is 12.1 more points than the team’s 106-point implied total in this matchup.
- Game Day: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network and ROOT Sports NW
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Arena: Toyota Center
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network
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