Denver Nuggets versus Houston Rockets Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Lines Odds Preview 4-6-2013
- 11 years ago
The 43-33 Houston Rockets will travel on a back to back as they face the 52-24 Denver Nuggets in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Denver is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team Denver Nuggets favored by -6 points with an over under line of 214 points. There has been no movement in this line since the odds were released a few hours ago.
This will be the fourth meeting of the season between the Rockets and Nuggets with Denver winning and covering the point spread in all three games.
The Rockets have a road record of 16-22 on the current year. They win their fourth straight after a 116-98 road victory on Friday night to the Portland Trailblazers as a -5 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished over 210 points. Houston enjoyed a 51.3% shooting game and made 12 of 28 three pointers. They held the Trailblazers 41.8% from the floor and a miserable 2 of 20 from three point distance. James Harden led the Rockets with 33 points and seven rebounds as he made 11 of his 21 shots. Houston can score as the team is the top scoring offense in the NBA as they average 105.1 points a game. The Rockets holds the seven seed in the Western conference by 3 ½ games over the eighth seeded Utah Jazz with just six games remaining.
The Nuggets are 34-3 playing on their home court. The team wins their third straight game after a 95-94 home victory against the Dallas Mavericks as a -7 point betting favorite. The total landed under 207 ½ points. Denver survived a 39.3% shooting game and made 6 of 17 three pointers. They gave up 46.6% shooting to the Mavericks but Dallas hit on only 4 of their 18 three pointers. The Nuggets grabbed nine more rebounds than the Mavericks. Corey Brewer came off the bench for Denver with 23 points on 7 of 17 shooting. Denver is a high octane offense ranking in the top four of the NBA in scoring offense and field goal shooting as they make 47.7% from the floor along with an average of 105.6 points scored per game. In the playoff race the Nuggets hold a ½ game lead over the Memphis Grizzlies for the third seed with six games remaining. The loser in this race will fall to the fifth seed as the Pacific Division champion will claim the fourth seed.
The odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team Denver Nuggets favored by -6 points with an over under line of 214 points. There has been no movement in this line since the odds were released a few hours ago.
This will be the fourth meeting of the season between the Rockets and Nuggets with Denver winning and covering the point spread in all three games.
The Rockets have a road record of 16-22 on the current year. They win their fourth straight after a 116-98 road victory on Friday night to the Portland Trailblazers as a -5 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished over 210 points. Houston enjoyed a 51.3% shooting game and made 12 of 28 three pointers. They held the Trailblazers 41.8% from the floor and a miserable 2 of 20 from three point distance. James Harden led the Rockets with 33 points and seven rebounds as he made 11 of his 21 shots. Houston can score as the team is the top scoring offense in the NBA as they average 105.1 points a game. The Rockets holds the seven seed in the Western conference by 3 ½ games over the eighth seeded Utah Jazz with just six games remaining.
The Nuggets are 34-3 playing on their home court. The team wins their third straight game after a 95-94 home victory against the Dallas Mavericks as a -7 point betting favorite. The total landed under 207 ½ points. Denver survived a 39.3% shooting game and made 6 of 17 three pointers. They gave up 46.6% shooting to the Mavericks but Dallas hit on only 4 of their 18 three pointers. The Nuggets grabbed nine more rebounds than the Mavericks. Corey Brewer came off the bench for Denver with 23 points on 7 of 17 shooting. Denver is a high octane offense ranking in the top four of the NBA in scoring offense and field goal shooting as they make 47.7% from the floor along with an average of 105.6 points scored per game. In the playoff race the Nuggets hold a ½ game lead over the Memphis Grizzlies for the third seed with six games remaining. The loser in this race will fall to the fifth seed as the Pacific Division champion will claim the fourth seed.