{"id":4588,"date":"2008-11-21T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T22:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2008-11-21T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T22:27:44","slug":"rockets-wizards-free-pick-211108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/rockets-wizards-free-pick-211108\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Rockets vs. Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Struggling Wizards Host Inconsistent Rockets<\/h2>\n<p>The Houston Rockets, (7-5, 5-7 ATS, 5-7 O\/U) have been one of the most inconsistent \u2018contenders\u2019 in the league so far this season. The Washington Wizards (1-8, 3-6 ATS, 3-6 O\/U) have dropped three consecutive games in the BetUS Sportsbook, including Wednesday\u2019s 91-87 road loss to the Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Both teams will be looking to get back in the win column when they battle tonight at Verizon Center.<\/p>\n<p>Houston is coming off a dismal 96-86 home loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday that halted their modest two-game winning streak, though they played without center Yao Ming who sat out because of injury.<\/p>\n<p>Houston was led by Rafer Alston and Tracy McGrady who each scored 16 points in the loss while placing five players in double figures in scoring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing bad,&#8221; said Yao. &#8220;I&#8217;m all right, actually. I&#8217;ll maybe take a few days, maybe one day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McGrady has been bothered by a sore left knee since the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to take (McGrady) some time &#8211; you hope it&#8217;s just going to get better as he doesn&#8217;t have pain or anything,&#8221; Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. &#8220;But it&#8217;s definitely affected him and it certainly affects us, too, because we&#8217;re so used to him with the ball in his hands and finding people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Wizards, who were outscored by 10 points in the second half, got a strong performance from all-star forward Caron Butler who scored 32 points on 12-for-21 shooting while fellow all-star forward Antawn Jamison added 18 points on 8-for-16 shooting with 11 rebounds.<\/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>&#8220;It&#8217;s the same situation,&#8221; Jamison said. &#8220;We&#8217;re just not closing games out. We&#8217;re making the same mistakes. We&#8217;ve played it over and over again.&#8221;<\/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 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a losing home record.<br \/>\nThe Rockets are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning percentage of less than .400.<br \/>\nThe Wizards are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.<br \/>\nThe Wizards are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall.<br \/>\nThe Under is 4-1 in Rockets last 5 Friday games.<br \/>\nThe Under is 4-0 in Wizards last 4 games following a S.U. loss.<br \/>\nThe Rockets are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.<br \/>\nThe Rockets are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Houston Rockets -5\u00bd -110<br \/>\nWashington Wizards +5\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 182\u00bd -110<br \/>\nUnder 182\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis:<\/strong> Despite playing on the road in this contest, I like the Houston Rockets to bounce back from their latest loss with an emphatic victory over the struggling Wizards. With Yao Ming back in the lineup, I say take the Houston Rockets to romp to a solid victory and cover.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Rockets -5\u00bd Points\/ Over 182\u00bd 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  Houston Rockets and the Washington Wizards&#8230;<\/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":[1979,3938,3939,1975,4045,578,5125,4040,744,4044,3942,747,3925,4815,5124,2877,2878],"class_list":["post-4588","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-free-nba-picks","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houston-vs-washington","tag-nba-basketball-betting","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-rockets-betting","tag-rockets-vs-wizards","tag-washington-wizards","tag-wizards-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588","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=4588"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4590,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588\/revisions\/4590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}