{"id":6845,"date":"2009-01-06T17:03:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T22:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=6845"},"modified":"2009-01-06T17:03:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T22:03:35","slug":"rockets-76ers-free-pick-60109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/rockets-76ers-free-pick-60109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Rockets vs. Sixers (Jan. 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Free Pick Analysis Rockets @ Sixers<\/h2>\n<p>The Houston Rockets (21-14 SU, 16-19 ATS, 20-15 O\/U) have dropped two straight games and five of their last seven overall including a close, 103-100 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. Houston did manage to cover the spread for BetUS NBA sports betting backers as a 5.5-point road underdog in the BetUS Sportsbook. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Second-year forward Carl Landry scored a team-high 18 points while all-star center Yao Ming had a double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We still have a lot of work to do, but if we play this way you&#8217;re going somewhere,&#8221; Rockets forward Luis Scola said. &#8220;It&#8217;s easy to get better if you play hard and leave it all on the court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets will try to avoid a fifth straight road loss against a Philadelphia 76ers (13-20 SU, 14-19 ATS, 13-18-2 O\/U) team that lost a hard-fought contest to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia lost 108-106 but easily covered the spread for BetUS NBA sports betting backers as a 9.5-point road underdog. Shooting guard Andre Iguodala nearly recorded a triple-double with a team-high 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia finished 1-5 on its longest road trip of the season despite the fact that Iguoadala has scored over 20 points in three straight games.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/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&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at the key betting trends for each team, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>\nHouston is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>\nHouston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 11 of Houston&#8217;s last 14 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Houston<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>\nPhiladelphia is 8-14-2 ATS in its last 24 games when playing Houston<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Houston Rockets -3\u00bd -110<br \/>\nPhiladelphia 76ers +3\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 189 -110<br \/>\nUnder 189 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis:<\/strong> The Rockets may be playing on the road in this contest \u2013 and dealing with injuries to several of their key players &#8211; but they are clearly the better team and will beat the Sixers emphatically tonight as they cover the spread with room to spare.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Rockets -3\u00bd Points\/Under 189 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 Philadelphia 76ers&#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":[5524,1979,3938,3939,1975,4045,578,8103,744,4044,3942,747,3925,5074,6742,8104,8105],"class_list":["post-6845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-76ers-betting-trends","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houston-rockets-vs-philadelphia-76ers","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-rockets-betting-trends","tag-rockets-vs-76ers","tag-rockets-vs-sixers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6845","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=6845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6848,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6845\/revisions\/6848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}