{"id":13874,"date":"2011-03-05T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13874"},"modified":"2011-03-05T10:50:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T15:50:10","slug":"free-nba-picks-ats-indiana-pacers-at-houston-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-nba-picks-ats-indiana-pacers-at-houston-rockets-13874\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NBA Picks ATS: Indiana Pacers At Houston Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers AT Houston Rockets<\/strong>
\nMar 5, 2011 at 8:30 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Houston -5.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Houston -6<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 214.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 216<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Hou -255 \/ Ind +215<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline: Hou -265 \/ Ind +215<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kevin Martin is having his best year since his days in Sacramento<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston just had a five game win streak snapped.\u00a0 They currently sit at 11th in the Western conference and are 3 full games behind Memphis for the 8th spot in the West.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re going to lose some games,\u201d Adelman commented.\u00a0 \u201cWe lost, now you have to respond against Indiana. You can\u2019t give in to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forward Luis Scola still thinks the Rockets are approaching situations in games properly.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re more prepared to win games and we\u2019ll have more chances down the stretch to win games,\u201d Scola said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like I feel well about (Wednesday\u2019s) loss, I just feel well about the way we\u2019re approaching games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indiana currently sits at 8th in the Eastern Conference but have went 10-7 since Jim O’Brien was fired.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Indiana is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games and they are 5-18 SU in their last 23 on the road.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Indiana’s last 18 games against Houston.\u00a0 Indiana is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Houston and the total has gone UNDER in 11 of Indiana’s last 15 games when playing on the road at Houston.<\/p>\n

Houston is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games and the total has gone OVER in 7 of Houston’s last 10 games.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 5 of their last 5 at home and they are 5-11-1 ATS In their last 17 at home.\u00a0 Houston is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against Indiana and the total has gone UNDER in 13 of the last 18 meetings between the teams.\u00a0 Houston is 1-4 SU in their last 5 against Indiana and the total has gone UNDER in 11 of Houston’s last 15 games at home against the Pacers.\u00a0 Houston is 2-5 ATS In their last 7 at home against Indiana.<\/p>\n

Key Matchups:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Danny Granger vs. Chase Budinger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Budinger has really proved to be much better than the spot in the second round in which he was taken.\u00a0 He’s proven himself to be an ample scorer, sound defender, and good athletic presence in games and the Rockets have benefitted from him seeing increased playing time.\u00a0 He’ll matchup against Granger, whose stats have curtailed, but only because he is getting better contributions from teammates.\u00a0 Budinger should be able to stay with Granger, but may have trouble contesting jumpers due to Granger’s superior length.\u00a0 Both will work one another defensively as they are both good scorers.<\/p>\n

Darren Collison vs. Kyle Lowry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now that Aaron Brooks is gone, the job is solely in the hands of Lowry.\u00a0 Dragic will not be starting any time soon and Lowry has done a splendid job as a starter.\u00a0 Lowry is now averaging 12.3 points per game, 6.5 assists, and 3.9 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Darren Collison has been a bit of a disappointment for Indiana, but he isn’t getting sufficient playing time and has had to deal with Jim O’Brien playing T.J. Ford late in games.\u00a0 Collison and Lowry are both as quick as they come so this matchup should be exciting.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s game should prove to be a good one, though Indiana is only 10-20 on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers AT Houston Rockets Mar 5, 2011 at 8:30 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Houston -5.5 Current Line:\u00a0 Houston -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 214.5 Current Total:\u00a0 216 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Hou -255 \/ Ind +215 Current Moneyline: Hou -265 \/ Ind +215 Houston just had a five game win streak snapped.\u00a0 They currently sit at 11th in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[831,565,1197],"class_list":["post-13874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-houston-rockets","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-kevin-martin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13876,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13874\/revisions\/13876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}