{"id":7787,"date":"2009-01-28T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=7787"},"modified":"2009-01-28T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T20:30:11","slug":"preview-prediction-sixers-rockets-280109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/preview-prediction-sixers-rockets-280109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Preview: 76ers vs. Rockets (Jan. 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>76&#8217;ers at Rockets &#8211; No Yao Equals No Win<\/h2>\n<p>When the Philadelphia 76\u2019ers take the court against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night, they will do so without their best big man, and one of the most prized free agents of the off-season, Elton Brand, at full strength. That\u2019s not a good thing because the Houston Rockets have perhaps the best center in the NBA right now, Yao Ming. <!--more-->Without Yao, the Rockets no doubt would be a sub .500 team this season. With Yao they haven\u2019t been all that great garnering a straight-up record of 28 and 18 and a sports betting record of 21 and 25 against the BetUS online sportsbook betting spread. Tracey McGrady and Yao Ming are terrific but for some reason the two of them, along with a nice supporting cast, just aren\u2019t good enough to move Houston into the upper echelons in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>The 76\u2019ers at least can play Elton Brand. But his effectiveness has to be questioned after he supplied only 3 rebounds in Philly\u2019s last game. Brand didn\u2019t score in close to 19 minutes. That\u2019s a terrible sign for the 76\u2019ers who were counting on Brand to be as dominant as he was when he played for the Los Angeles Clippers. Steady Andre Miller and all-star Andre Iguodala anchor Philadelphia who has a straight-up record of 21 and 22. Their straight-up record of 21 and 22 mirrors their against the spread record.<\/p>\n<p>Game-day: 1\/28\/2009<br \/>\n<strong>Tip-off:<\/strong> 8:30 pm est.<\/p>\n<p><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=\" NBA Preview\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The BetUS online sportsbook odds makers haven\u2019t released any betting lines on this game yet. I have written my personal online betting lines below.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia 76\u2019ers\t +6 \u00bd -110\t O 205 \u00bd -110<br \/>\nHouston Rockets\t -6 \u00bd -110\t U 205 \u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia 76\u2019ers are 4 and 1 against the spread in the last 5 meetings between these two teams in Houston.<br \/>\nThe Philadelphia 76\u2019ers are 4 and 1 against the spread in their last 5 games on the road.<br \/>\nThe Houston Rockets are 6 and 0 against the spread in their last 6 games following an against the spread loss.<br \/>\nThe Houston Rockets are 2 and 6 against the spread playing in their last 8 games after 1 day of rest.<\/p>\n<p>This is a difficult game for NBA betting fans to handicap. It could come down to the BetUS online sportsbook point spread.<\/p>\n<p>What I mean by that, is that the 76\u2019ers beat the Rockets by 8 points in Houston the last time these two teams met. Now, they play the Rockets in Houston again. Will history repeat itself? It could, but Houston should be better prepared for this game.<\/p>\n<p>Yao Ming is probable for this game. If he doesn\u2019t play, then the Rockets are a terrible online bet no matter what the point spread. If he does play, then the Rockets are a good bet to cover at -5 or less.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if the BetUS odds makers release an online wagering spread where the Rockets are favored by more than 5 points, then the 76\u2019ers become a good online bet.<\/p>\n<h3>76ers vs. Rockets Free Prediction:<\/h3>\n<p>So, I\u2019m gong to wait and see what the online odds are in this game. If the against the spread line ends up 76\u2019ers +6 or higher, then I\u2019m taking Philadelphia. If the against the spread line ends up Rockets -5 or lower than I\u2019m going with the Rockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Philadelphia 76\u2019ers take the court against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night, they will do so without their best big man, Elton Brand&#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":[8066,9539,9538,9540,9535,9542,116,1597,3939,4045,4494,578,744,1599,4574,747,749,3951,5074,9536,9537,9541,4576],"class_list":["post-7787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-2009-nba-picks","tag-76ers-rockets-lines","tag-76ers-rockets-odds","tag-76ers-vs-rockets","tag-76ers-vs-rockets-free-prediction","tag-76ers-vs-rockets-prediction","tag-basketball-bet","tag-basketball-handicapping","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-prediction","tag-houston-rockets","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-free-picks","tag-nba-free-predictions","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-preview","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-76ers-vs-houston-rockets","tag-philadelphia-vs-houston","tag-sixers-vs-rockets","tag-wager-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787","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=7787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8037,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787\/revisions\/8037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}