NBA Basketball Betting Trends – Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are in disarray. After their on the court leader, Tony Parker, went down with an injury, this team has become an also-ran in the NBA. Sports betting fans shouldn’t be surprised that the once mighty Spurs might not even make the playoffs this season.
Losing Manu Ginobili over the summer to an injury sustained in the Olympics was bad enough, but losing Parker, the man that makes their engine run, was devastating. The Spurs have a record of 2 and 5 straight-up and 1 and 6 against the BetUS online wagering spread.
The Houston Rockets are considered one of the top teams in the league. That wasn’t evident earlier this week when they suffered a 45 point turnaround in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Rockets were up by 16 at one point in that game. They eventually lost by 29 to the Lakers. The Rockets are doing better than the Spurs, mainly because they’ve stayed relatively healthy, going 5 and 3 straight-up and 3 and 5 against the BetUS online betting spread.
Here are the BetUS online betting odds for this game.
Houston Rockets – 6 ½ – 110 – 240 O 173 ½ – 110
San Antonio Spurs + 6 ½ – 110 + 200 U 173 ½ – 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.
The Houston Rockets are 22 and 7 against the spread in their last 29 games on a Friday night.
The Under is 6 and 2 in the Houston Rockets last 8 games after 1 day of rest.
The San Antonio Spurs are 0 and 6 against the spread in their last 6 games versus a Western Conference opponent.
The Under is 13 and 3 in the Spurs last 16 games overall.
The trends say under and so do I. Neither the Rockets nor the Spurs want to turn this game into an all out run up and down dunk contest. The Spurs especially will have to slow this game down if they have any chance of winning.
I don’t believe they do unless the Rockets just put in a clunker but instead of trying to beat the 6 ½ points, I’m willing to go ahead and make an online wager on this game going under the BetUS total of 173 ½.
Free NBA Prediction:
That’s the online bet that I’ll be making – – on the game between the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets to go under 173 ½ points.
