Los Angeles Clippers @ Houston Rockets 2** Play on: UNDER the TOTAL
#537-538 / 8:05pm ET / 5:05 pm PT
We’re Going LOW in the first of the two Thursday night games that will be on TNT TV tonight. And we love the VALUE with the UNDER. Our signature TEAM TREND has us focusing in the visiting Clippers… who just held Ok City to only 94 points in their big Tuesday win. And it also helps us that BOTH Of these teams are actually ranked in there Top Ten in defense since play resumed after the All-Star break. For LOS ANGELES, we note that they are an UNDER-whelming 1-16 O/U in the last 2 years when playing on the ROAD versus all > >600 conference opponents (like Houston). Also 2-9 O/U as UNDERDOGS this season (including 0-6 O/U in Conference play)… and 1-6 O/U in their last seven games when the OU Line is a HIGH 230 or more points. For HOUSTON, we have the following: 1-8 O/U last 12 months in GAME 50 or greater vs > .600 Conference opponents… 1-6 O/U this season after scoring AND allowing 120+ pts in their last game… 6-16 O/U in there last 2 years on THURSDAYS… and 4-15 O/U with a HIGH OU line of 235 > ays vs all non-division opponents (0-4 O/U since January)…
1-11 O/U last 3 years: All GAME 40-80 Conference games when BOTH Teams are .635 or better (Clips @ Rockets), and the OU Line is a high 232 or more points…..
1-7-1 O/U this season: All Western Conference home teams in a ‘2/1’ REST situation (Houston), vs any non-div Conference opponent (Los Angeles), when the OU line is > 226 points…..
3-13 O/U last 3 years / 1-7 O/U Last 12 months: All NBA teams of a SU road loss in which they are a big DOUBLE-DIGIT favorite (Rockets), when the OU line is 203 or more points…..
0-6 O/U this season: All Conference teams with a HIGH OU line of 229 > pts off a road OVER when the OU line in that game was 230 > pts (Houston)…..
1-10-1 O/U this year: All NBA teams off a SU road win of 15 > pts as a FAV of -4 > pts (Clippers), when the OU Line is 216 or more…..
1-7 O/U since January: All THURSDAY Conference games when both teams are OVERE .500 for the year (Clips @ Rockets).