The Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 18.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 01:00 UK;
Venue – Toyota Center (18.104);
City – Houston, Texas, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Trail Blazers – 1.744.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 225 – 1.652.
The Trail Blazers need to score points against teams like the Houston Rockets in order to make the playoffs. There’s no doubt that the team will do its best to succeed. The Blazers already handed the Texans a humiliating defeat on the home court in October. This time the game should follow a similar pattern.
The Rockets are averaging 112 home points, while Portland is averaging 109 in the away games. In their first head-to-head game of the season, the teams managed to surpass the 235-point mark. All indications are that this game will be quite productive.
The Houston Rockets are one of the Western Conference underdogs. The team is in 14th place with 9 wins and 19 defeats.
The team was on a two-game winning streak until they lost at home to the Miami Heat (108-111). The best player on Houston’s roster was Jalen Green. He scored 22 points.
Before that, the Rockets had two wins at Toyota Arena. They defeated the Phoenix Suns (111-97) and Milwaukee Bucks (97-92).
The Portland Trail Blazers are in the top 6 of the Western Conference. In 29 games, they have won 16 times and lost 13 times.
At home, the Trail Blazers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves (124-118 and 133-112) and San Antonio Spurs (128-112).
However, the team’s three-match winning streak was interrupted. A fourth straight victory did not come in the game against Dallas. They lost with a score of 130-110.
The Portland Trail Blazers had scored at least 120 points in each of the previous four meetings.
The Portland Trail Blazers have won four of their last six face-offs.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Houston Rockets: Kevin Porter Jr. – Jalen Green – Eric Gordon – Jabari Smith Jr. – Alperen Şengün.
Portland Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard – Anfernee Simons – Josh Hart – Jerami Grant – Jusuf Nurkić.
Jae’Sean Tate (Out), Alperen Sengun (Out) and Tari Eason (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Houston Rockets.
Nassir Littel (Out) and Gary Payton II (Out) are listed as injured for the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Rockets are averaging 111 points per game this season. We offer to bet on “Rockets Points Under 113.5” with odds of 1.79.
The fixture will be played at Toyota Center (18.104) in Houston, Texas, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 18th of December, 2022, at 01:00 UK Time.
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