The Portland Trail Blazers (16-13) face the Houston Rockets (9-19) at 8:00 PM ET on Saturday, December 17, 2022 on ROOT Sports NW and SportsNet SW.
The Trail Blazers face the Rockets. The Trail Blazers are favored by 3.5 points against the Rockets. The matchup’s over/under is set at 227.5.
Trail Blazers vs. Rockets Betting Odds
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- Spread: Portland -3.5
- Total: 227.5
- Moneyline: Portland -162, Houston +139
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Trail Blazers at Rockets odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Rockets (+ 3.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (227.5)
- Prediction:
Trail Blazers 114 – Rockets 111
- Portland has been chosen as the favorite in 11 games this year and has walked away with the win seven times (63.6%) in those games.
- This season, Portland has come away with a win six times in eight chances when named as a favorite of at least -162 or shorter on the moneyline.
- Portland has an implied victory probability of 61.8% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Houston has compiled a 9-18 record in games it was listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 33.3% of those games).
- Houston has gone 7-17 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +139 or longer (29.2%).
- Houston has an implied moneyline win probability of 41.8% in this contest.
- The Trail Blazers record only 2.9 fewer points per game (112.5) than the Rockets allow (115.4).
- Portland has an 8-2 record against the spread and a 9-1 record overall when scoring more than 115.4 points.
- Houston has a 7-2-1 record against the spread and a 5-5 record overall when giving up fewer than 112.5 points.
- The Rockets score an average of 110.2 points per game, only 2.1 fewer points than the 112.3 the Trail Blazers give up.
- When it scores more than 112.3 points, Houston is 7-2-1 against the spread and 6-4 overall.
- Portland is 8-3 against the spread and 9-2 overall when it allows fewer than 110.2 points.
- The Trail Blazers are at the 17th spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (112.5 PPG), while the Rockets allow the 20th-fewest points per game (115.4) in the league.
- The 25th-ranked scoring NBA team (110.2 PPG) is Houston, while the Portland squad ranks 12th in the league defensively (112.3 PPG).
- The Trail Blazers have scored only six more points than their opponents this year (an average of 0.2 per game), while the Rockets have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 144 total points, 5.2 per game).