{"id":32476,"date":"2014-01-11T14:39:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T19:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32476"},"modified":"2014-01-11T14:39:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T19:39:40","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-houston-rockets-vs-washington-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-houston-rockets-vs-washington-wizards-32476\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Houston Rockets vs. Washington Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets vs. Washington Wizards
\nSaturday, 1\/11\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 198
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Washington Wizards SG Bradley Beal is lethal from long range<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston had its two-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered an 83-80 setback to the Atlanta Hawks as 2.5-point road favorites Friday, while going UNDER the betting total of 207.\u00a0 The Rockets were led by guard James Harden\u2019s 25 points, but they missed third-leading scorer Chandler Parsons, who sat out with a knee injury.\u00a0 The team is 8-9 SU on the road this season, including a losing 2-3 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your pro basketball picks.\u00a0 Houston is 5-5 SUATS as road favorites of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are third in the league in averaging 49.9 points per game in the paint, while they\u2019ve averaged an NBA-high 31.4 free throw attempts.\u00a0 Houston split its two meetings with Washington a season ago, with Harden averaging 29.0 points in those contests, but the home team won each of those affairs.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team stands fourth in the league in blocking 5.9 shots per game.\u00a0 Center Dwight Howard is the main defender in the paint, while he\u2019s averaging 17.8 points and 12.9 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Washington returns home after suffering a 93-66 defeat to the Indiana Pacers as nine-point road underdogs Friday, while going UNDER the betting total of 185.5.\u00a0 The Wizards have four of five probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard John Wall leading the way in scoring 19.5 points a contest, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 The franchise is 7-8 SU at home this season, including a 2-4 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Washington is 9-8 SU and 9-6-3 ATS as home underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wizards rank fourth in the NBA in knocking down 38.4 percent of their shots from beyond the arc, with shooting guard Bradley Beal being the main threat from that area, as he\u2019s second on the team in scoring 17.7 points a contest.\u00a0 Through the first 34 games this season, Washington is averaging 22.7 assists per game, which ranks 10th in the league.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Wizards due to their 13-3 ATS mark in their last 16 Saturday affairs.<\/p>\n

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Houston Rockets vs. Washington Wizards Saturday, 1\/11\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 201.5 Current Total:\u00a0 198 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Houston had its two-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered an 83-80 setback to the Atlanta Hawks as 2.5-point road favorites Friday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[833,3622,831,843,18,644,3693],"class_list":["post-32476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-houston-rockets","tag-john-wall","tag-nba","tag-washington-wizards","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32476","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32477,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32476\/revisions\/32477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}