{"id":3622,"date":"2009-02-28T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/rockets-bulls-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-28T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T14:59:00","slug":"rockets-bulls-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/rockets-bulls-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Bulls Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Rockets and the Chicago Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at United<\/st2:PlaceName> Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Yao Ming dropped 28 points and hauled down eight rebounds to lead the Rockets to a 93-74 victory over the Cavaliers on Thursday. The Rockets covered the 4-point spread, and the 167 points fell UNDER the posted total of 185.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Von Wafer<\/st1:Sn> added 19 points for the Rockets, and Ron<\/st1:GivenName> Artest<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed in 15 points in that win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bulls were upset 113-90 by the Wizards on Friday, as 5-point favorites on the road. That game’s 203 points went UNDER the posted total of 207.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
John Salmons had 25 points and three rebounds in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 6 straight games.
Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 37-21 SU, 27-30-1 ATS
Chicago: 26-33 SU, 28-30-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Minnesota are 7-3
After playing Cleveland are 8-2
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Charlotte are 4-6
After playing Washington are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Chicago’s last 9 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games when playing at home against Houston
Chicago is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, Sunday, March 1
Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> at Charlotte<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:GivenName>, Tuesday, March 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Rockets and the Chicago Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at United Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Yao Ming dropped 28 points and hauled down eight rebounds to lead … Continue reading Rockets-Bulls 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-3622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622","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=3622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}