nba Preview
New Orleans Pelicans vs. Houston Rockets
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the New Orleans Pelicans and the Houston Rockets meet at Toyota Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Rockets as -7.5-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 227.5.
In their last action, Houston was a 109-97 winner on the road against the Pelicans. They covered the -3-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (206) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
New Orleans lost its last outing, a 109-97 result against the Rockets on March 06. The Pelicans failed to cover in that game as a +3-point underdog, while the 206 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
New Orleans:
Team record: 17-46 SU,25-37-1 ATS
New Orleans is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
New Orleans is 5-14 SU in its last 19 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games
Houston:
Team record: 38-25 SU,34-29 ATS
Houston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games
Houston is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games at home
Next up:
New Orleans home to Memphis Sunday, March 9
Houston home to Orlando Monday, March 10