Houston Rockets (1-4) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (4-1)
The Houston Rockets continue their four-game road trip Friday, October 28, 2022, with the Western Conference battle against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, so here’s the best Rockets vs. Trail Blazers betting pick.
Houston shoots for its third straight victory over Portland. The Rockets open as 6.5-point road underdogs, and Houston has covered in three of its previous five encounters with the Trail Blazers.
The Houston Rockets (1-4; 2-1-2 ATS) beat the Utah Jazz 114-108 as 2.5-point home dogs last Monday to stop their three-game slide. Two days later, the Rockets suffered a 109-101 defeat at Utah, narrowly covering an 8.5-point spread. Houston trailed the Jazz for most of Wednesday’s game and shot just 38.3% from the field and 27.5% from beyond the 3-point line (11-for-40). Kevin Porter Jr. had 24 points and five assists, while Jalen Green added 17 points and seven rebounds.
“We’re a young team and winning in the fourth quarter is hard for young teams to do,” Rockets coach Stephen Silas said. “We were mixing and matching with the lineups but if we could have made a couple more threes, we would win the game. We created them, we just didn’t make them.”
Another great performance from Scoot ??
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— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) October 27, 2022
Porter Jr. leads the way for the Rockets, averaging 21.4 points, 6.4 boards, and 5.4 assists a night. However, the Rockets are scoring just 107.3 points per 100 possessions (26th in the NBA) on 41.9% shooting from the field (28th) and 34.6% from beyond the arc (tied-20th). They are yielding 114.9 points in a return (19th) on 48.2% shooting from the field (23rd) and 37.7% from downtown (22nd).
Alperen Sengun (15.7 PPG, 10. 0 RPG) has missed the previous two games due to an illness. The 20-year-old talented big man is questionable to play Friday against Portland.
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