Los Angeles vs Houston Rockets Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 9 (3/9): NBA

Los Angeles vs Houston Rockets Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 9 (3/9): NBA

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Odds
Time 8:00 p.m. EST
Lakers money line -167
Lakers spread -3.5
Rockets money line +138
Rockets spread +3.5
Over / under 229.5
2021-2022 season stats
  Los Angeles Lakers Houston Rockets
Record 28-36 16-49
Road / home record 9-20 9-21
Streak L1 L1
Points per game 110.61 108.58
Points allowed per game 112.81 117.94
Rebounds per game 44.45 42.09
Rebounds allowed per game 46.98 45.54
Over / under record 35-29 36-28-1

 

Preview

Los Angeles Lakers travel to Houston to take on the Rockets on Wednesday. This is the fourth time these teams face off this season, the Lakers have won all of the last 3 head to head.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS 

The Lakers have lost 5 of their last 6 games and are playin awful on the road having won only 9 of 29 games on the away from home this season. They have a 28-36 record overall ranking 4th in the Pacific and 8th in the Western Conference.

Lebron James is shooting 52.2% from field goal, while averaging 29.4 points, 8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.6 steals. Westbrook is averaging 7.2 assists for Los Angeles.

In their last 10 games, the Lakers are 2-8, averaging 108.8 points, 41.9 rebounds, 23.1 assists, 7.7 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.8 points per game.

INJURIES: Anthony Davis, Kendrick Nunn are out.  Lebron James missed last game and is questionable for this game.

HOUSTON ROCKETS

The Rockets are the second worst team in the league just 1 game above the Orlando Magic. Houston are 9-21 at home and have a 16-49 record overall.

Wood is scoring 17.9 points per game with 10.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Rockets. J. Tate is averaging 3.1 assists per game for Houston.

In their last 10 games the Rockets are 1-9, averaging 109.9 points, 39.6 rebounds, 24.1 assists, 7.4 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.5 points per game.

INJURIES: Wall is out. Schroder, Wood, Tate, Mathews are questionable. Gordon is likely to play.

BETTING TRENDS

LA Lakers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games.

LA Lakers are 0-8 SU in their last 8 games on the road.

Houston are 5-13 ATS in their last 18 games.

Houston are 2-16 SU in their last 18 games at home.

Prediction

Both teams are struggling right now and have many injuries for this game, so it's hard to pick a side. I'm looking at the total on this one. The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers' last 7 games and in 5 of Houston's last 7 games. It also has gone UNDER in 9 of Houston's last 13 games against LA Lakers. Under is the play.

PICK: Under 229.5 (-110)

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