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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Houston Rockets
The New Orleans Pelicans and the Houston Rockets will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Toyota Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Rockets as -10-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 218.5.
Houston was a 111-96 loser in its last match on the road against the Thunder. They failed to cover the +5.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 207 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
New Orleans lost its last outing, a 119-104 result against the Pacers on December 15. The Pelicans failed to cover in that game as a +6.5-point underdog, while the 223 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
New Orleans:
Team record: 5-22 SU,10-17 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
New Orleans is 1-13 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 6 games
New Orleans is 3-12 ATS in its last 15 games on the road
Houston:
Team record: 17-9 SU,16-10 ATS
Houston is 11-5 ATS in its last 16 games
Houston is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Houston is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games
Next up:
New Orleans home to New York Saturday, December 21
Houston at Toronto Sunday, December 22