LA Lakers versus Houston Rockets Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Lines Odds Preview 4-17-2013
- 11 years ago
The 45-36 Houston Rockets will hit the road to face the 44-37 LA Lakers in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from Staples Center in Los Angeles is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball contest have the home club LA Lakers favored by -3 points with an over under line of 203 points. There has been no line movement since the odds were released a few hours ago.
The teams have met three times this season with each team winning and covering the point spread in their home game.
The Rockets have a road mark of 16-24 on the year. They lose for the second time in three games after a 119-112 road defeat on Monday to the Phoenix Suns as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The game landed over 210 ½ points. Houston fell behind early by the score of 39-28 to Phoenix after one period. They shot 46.7% from the field and made 11 of 29 three pointers. The Rockets allowed the Suns to make 49.5% of their shots with 7 of 23 from three point land. Chandler Parsons led the Rockets with 24 points and seven assists as he made 8 of his 13 shots. Houston trails the Golden St Warriors by one game for the sixth seed. In order for the Rockets to avoid San Antonio or Oklahoma City in the first round of the playoffs they must beat the Lakers and have Golden St lose at Portland in games going on at the same time. Houston is the top scoring offense in the NBA as they average 106.1 points a game on the year.
The Lakers are 28-12 playing on their home court. They win their fourth straight and seventh in eight games after a 91-86 home victory on Sunday to the San Antonio Spurs as a +3 ½ point home underdog. The game finished under 196 points. LA survived 36.5% from the floor and made 9 of 27 three pointers. They held the Spurs to 37.1% shooting and pulled down 12 more rebounds than San Antonio. Dwight Howard led LA with 26 points and 17 rebounds as he made 9 of his 15 shots. The Lakers to make the playoffs with need either the Jazz to lose earlier in the night at Memphis or by defeating Houston. The Lakers are 24th in the NBA in scoring defense by allowing 101.1 points a game. With Kobe out for the season that means more shots around the bucket by Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard so the defense will be better because less shots will be taken by Laker guards because they will be in better position to defend.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball contest have the home club LA Lakers favored by -3 points with an over under line of 203 points. There has been no line movement since the odds were released a few hours ago.
The teams have met three times this season with each team winning and covering the point spread in their home game.
The Rockets have a road mark of 16-24 on the year. They lose for the second time in three games after a 119-112 road defeat on Monday to the Phoenix Suns as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The game landed over 210 ½ points. Houston fell behind early by the score of 39-28 to Phoenix after one period. They shot 46.7% from the field and made 11 of 29 three pointers. The Rockets allowed the Suns to make 49.5% of their shots with 7 of 23 from three point land. Chandler Parsons led the Rockets with 24 points and seven assists as he made 8 of his 13 shots. Houston trails the Golden St Warriors by one game for the sixth seed. In order for the Rockets to avoid San Antonio or Oklahoma City in the first round of the playoffs they must beat the Lakers and have Golden St lose at Portland in games going on at the same time. Houston is the top scoring offense in the NBA as they average 106.1 points a game on the year.
The Lakers are 28-12 playing on their home court. They win their fourth straight and seventh in eight games after a 91-86 home victory on Sunday to the San Antonio Spurs as a +3 ½ point home underdog. The game finished under 196 points. LA survived 36.5% from the floor and made 9 of 27 three pointers. They held the Spurs to 37.1% shooting and pulled down 12 more rebounds than San Antonio. Dwight Howard led LA with 26 points and 17 rebounds as he made 9 of his 15 shots. The Lakers to make the playoffs with need either the Jazz to lose earlier in the night at Memphis or by defeating Houston. The Lakers are 24th in the NBA in scoring defense by allowing 101.1 points a game. With Kobe out for the season that means more shots around the bucket by Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard so the defense will be better because less shots will be taken by Laker guards because they will be in better position to defend.