The Houston Rockets (30-35) will try to continue a three-game winning run when they host the Washington Wizards (11-54) at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at Toyota Center. The game airs on Space City Home Network and MNMT.
The Rockets are an 8-point favorite against the Wizards when the Rockets and the Wizards meet. The matchup features an over/under of 226.
Rockets vs. Wizards Betting Odds
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- Spread: Houston -8
- Total: 226
- Moneyline: Houston -353, Washington +273
Wizards at Rockets odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Rockets (- 8)
- Pick OU:
Over (226)
- Prediction:
Rockets 123 – Wizards 109
- Houston has been victorious in 16, or 76.2%, of the 21 contests it has been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This season, Houston has come away with a win four times in five chances when named as a favorite of at least -353 or better on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Houston has a 77.9% chance of pulling out a win.
- Washington has been the moneyline underdog 60 total times this season. DC has gone 10-50 in those games.
- Washington has gone 2-36 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +273 or longer (5.3%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Washington’s implied win probability is 26.8%.
- The Rockets put up 10.9 fewer points per game (112.8) than the Wizards give up (123.7).
- Houston is 7-5-1 against the spread and 7-6 overall when scoring more than 123.7 points.
- Washington has put together a 20-14 ATS record and an 8-26 overall record in games it scores more than 112.5 points.
- Houston has an ATS record of 28-9-1 and a 27-11 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 114.2 points.
- The Rockets are the league’s 20th-ranked scoring team (112.8 PPG), while the Wizards allow the most points per game (123.7) in NBA play.
- The 16th-ranked scoring NBA team (114.2 PPG) is Washington, while the Houston squad ranks 10th in the league defensively (112.5 PPG).
- The Rockets have out-scored their opponents by a total of 21 points this season (0.3 points per game on average), and opponents of the Wizards have out-scored them by 620 more points on the year (9.5 per game).
Over/Under
- Houston’s average implied point total this season is 1.6 fewer points than its implied total in Thursday’s game (115.4 implied points on average compared to 117 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, Houston has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (117) 22 times.
- Washington’s average implied point total on the year (123.9 points) is 14.9 points higher than its implied total in this matchup (109 points).
How to watch Rockets vs. Wizards
- Game Day: Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network and MNMT
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Arena: Toyota Center
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network
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