Houston Rockets versus Philadelphia 76ers Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 12-19-2012

  • 11 years ago
The 12-12 Philadelphia 76ers will be on the road to face the 12-12 Houston Rockets in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from Houston is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The point spread opened up in this NBA contest with the home team Houston Rockets favored by -4 ½ points with an over under line of 198 ½ points. There has been no movement in the point spread and total since the odds opened up a few hours ago.

During the lockout shortened year a season ago it was Houston with the 93-87 home win as a -4 point favorite. The game went under 187 points. Trend: Philadelphia 76ers are 0-4 ATS in their past four games.

Philadelphia suffered their fourth straight loss in a 107-100 road defeat last night to the Dallas Mavericks as a +6 point underdog. The game went over 194 points. The 76ers have struggled for offense all season. The past two games where they produce some offense they end up giving up 111 points to the Lakers and 107 to the Mavs last night. They are 26th in the league in scoring offense with just an average of 92 points a game.

The Rockets are 9-5 straight up on their home court. They return home off a 1-1 brief east coast road trip. Following a 103-96 road defeat at Toronto the next night they go into Madison Square Garden and beat the Knicks 109-96 as a +7 ½ point underdog. The Knicks played without Carmelo Anthony in the game. Houston is third in the league in scoring offense with 104 points a game. James Harden leads the club with 25 points a night.