NBA Preview: Portland Trailblazers vs Houston Rockets
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 6, 2016
Where: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
Lines: Houston -5
Total: 217.5
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Portland Trailblazers come into this game off a hard fought 110-103 loss at home to the Toronto Raptors, which has been a very hot team of late. The loss broke a five game winning streak that the Blazers were on. The Blazers had allowed just 95.8 ppg during their 5 game win streak, but and average Toronto offense put up 110 points on them, with a big part of the damage coming for long range as the Raptors hit an amazing 62.3% (12-19) from downtown. Defending the three-ball has been an issue for Portland all year as they have allowed teams to hit 36.9% from beyond the arc, which is 25th in the league. Overall the Blazers are 18th in points allowed, giving up 102.3 ppg and 18th in defensive FG% (44.9%). Damian Lillard is the 6th leading scorer in the league at 24 ppg and leads an offense that is 14th in the league in scoring (102.2 ppg) and 14th in shooting (44.7%).
The Houston Rockets have been playing solid ball of late as they have won 11 of their last 17 games. Overall they are 27-25, including 16-12 at home and if the playoffs started today they would have the 7th seed in the West. Their last game was at Phoenix, which they won 111-105, but failed to cover the 7.5 point spread. The Rockets had a decent shooting night, but they did miss 10 free throws and were outrebounded in the game 54-49. Still their defense came up when needed as they held the Suns to under 40% shooting for the game and caused eight more turnovers than the Suns did. Defense is not the forte of this team as they come in ranked 28th in the league in points allowed, giving up 106.5 ppg, while allowing teams to connect on 46.5% of their shots, which is 26th in the league. Offense is the name of the game for this team and they have their own top ten scorer in the league in James Harden, who is 2nd, putting up 27.7 ppg. As a team the rockets are 4th in scoring, putting up 105.4 ppg, while hitting 44.5% of their shots, which is 17th.
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[501) Portland/ Houston Over 217.5
Let’s go with the Over in the one. Rocket games have gone 17-4 to their over in their last 21 games and their last 7 games have averaged 224.7 ppg, with all 7 putting up at least 216 points. The Rockets love to push tempo and the Blazers will play that ways as well. Both offenses have been solid of late and the Rockets don’t know the word defense. The Over is 13-3 in Portland’s last 16 vs. a team with a winning straight up record, while the Over is also 12-2 in Houston’s last 14 vs. Western Conference. This one should be a load of fun, with at least 220 points being scored.
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