{"id":4269,"date":"2008-11-17T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2008-11-17T14:26:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T19:26:00","slug":"thunder-rockets-free-pick-171108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/thunder-rockets-free-pick-171108\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Thunder vs. Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pro Basketball Betting &#8211; Inconsistent Rockets Host Reeling Thunder<\/h2>\n<p>The Houston Rockets (6-4 SU, 4-6 ATS, 4-6 O\/U) have alternated wins and losses in each of their last six contests in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Oklahoma City Thunder (1-9 SU, 5-5 ATS, 5-5 O\/U) are absolutely reeling, having lost seven straight games coming into this contest. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Both teams will be looking to pick up a big win when they battle at the Ford Center tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets are coming off a convincing 91-82 home win over the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday, easily covering the spread as a 2-point home favorite for BetUS NBA sports betting buffs.<\/p>\n<p>Houston got 21 points from center Yao Ming and 18 points from Tracy McGrady while holding Hornets point guard Chris Paul to just 12 points on 2-for-10 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder are coming off a 110-85 spanking at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, failing to cover the spread as 10.5-point road underdogs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2385\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&amp;banid=2385\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Forward Jeff Green scored 21 points on 10-for-15 shooting while Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant each added 13 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at the key trends for each team, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rockets are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a losing home record.<br \/>\nThe Rockets are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning percentage of less than .400.<br \/>\nThe Thunder are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 vs. Western Conference.<br \/>\nThe Thunder are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Monday games.<br \/>\nThe Under is 5-1 in Rockets last 6 vs. a team with a losing S.U. record.<br \/>\nThe Under is 6-0 in Thunder last 6 vs. NBA Southwest.<br \/>\nThe Under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.<br \/>\nThe Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Oklahoma City.<br \/>\nThe Underdog is 5-2-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Houston Rockets -9 -110<br \/>\nOklahoma City Thunder +9 -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 183 -110<br \/>\nUnder 183 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: While this is a contest the Rockets should win easily, I\u2019m not sure about their ability to cover the spread as 9-point road favorites tonight. The Rockets beat the Thunder by 12 at home to start this month but failed to cover as 14-point favorites in that contest. While Oklahoma City is clearly struggling in a big way, something tells me they are going to cover the spread tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Take the Thunder to narrowly cover the spread while surprising Houston with a really solid effort tonight.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Thunder +9 Points\/Over 183 Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the  Oklahoma Thunder and the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1979,3938,3939,1975,4755,4045,577,4040,744,4044,3942,747,3925,3180,4812,4813,4815,4470,4814],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-blazers-betting","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-houston","tag-nba-basketball-betting","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-thunder-vs-houston-rockets","tag-oklahoma-vs-houston","tag-rockets-betting","tag-thunder-betting","tag-thunder-vs-rockets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4405,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions\/4405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}