{"id":3587,"date":"2009-02-24T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/trail-blazers-rockets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-24T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:13:00","slug":"trail-blazers-rockets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/trail-blazers-rockets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers-Rockets Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Toyota<\/st2:PlaceName> Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Trail Blazers defeated the Clippers 116-87 as a 16-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (203). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LaMarcus<\/st1:GivenName> Aldridge<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scored 28 points to go along with 10 rebounds for Portland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, while Brandon<\/st1:GivenName> Roy<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> added 20 points, eight rebounds and nine assists in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockets defeated Charlotte 99-78 as a 6-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (183). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ron<\/st1:GivenName> Artest<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scored a game-high 26 points for Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, while Yao Ming added 19 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Portland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 3 straight games.
Houston<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Portland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 35-20 SU, 28-27 ATS
Houston: 35-21 SU, 26-29-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Portland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing San Antonio are 3-7
After playing LA Clippers are 8-2
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 10-0
Before playing Cleveland are 6-4
After playing Charlotte are 5-3
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Portland’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Houston
Portland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Portland’s last 10 games when playing Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Houston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston’s last 7 games when playing at home against Portland
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Portland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at San Antonio<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Wednesday, February 25
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> home to Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Thursday, February 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Toyota Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Trail Blazers defeated the Clippers 116-87 as a 16-point … Continue reading Trail Blazers-Rockets Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}