Philadelphia & Houston games play

[mickey]

The third-seeded Magic, without a suspended Dwight Howard and injured Courtney Lee tonight in Philadelphia for Game 6, are on pointspread slides of 0-5 on the highway, 1-10 against the Atlantic Division, 2-7 against the East and 3-8 overall.

The sixth-seeded 76ers are on ATS upticks of 13-4-1 against the Atlantic Division (including 6-1 in the last seven), 5-2 at home and 6-2 coming off a double-digit loss.

Lastly, not only have the Magic failed to cover in four of the five games in this series, but they’re still just 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games, including 0-5 ATS (1-4 SU) on the road. Meanwhile, the Sixers have cashed in five of their last seven home games (2-0 ATS at home in this series) and they’re an impressive 13-4-1 ATS in their last 18 games against teams from the Southeast Division.

PORTLAND at HOUSTON
Play Against - Road underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points (PORTLAND) off a home win, in a game involving two good teams (60% to 75%)
87-44 over the last 5 seasons. ( 66.4% | 38.6 units )
13-10 this year. ( 56.5% | 2.0 units )


PORTLAND at HOUSTON
Play Against - Road teams vs. the money line (PORTLAND) after a win by 10 points or more against opponent after a combined score of 165 points or less
192-122 since 1997. ( 61.1% | 67.1 units )
7-5 this year. ( 58.3% | 2.8 units )


The Blazers have failed to cover in 10 of their last 16 games when installed as a road underdog and are just 6-13 ATS their last 19 when installed as a road pup of between 5 and 10 1/2 points.

The Rockets, on the other hand, have covered in 5 of their last 7 home games and are 5-2 ATS their last games when installed as a home favorite. Also, for the season Houston has outscored its opponents, on average, 99.3-90.8 when playing at the Toyota Center.

Keep in mind, too, Houston has covered in 19 of its last 26 games coming off a ATS loss.


The home team is on a 7-1 SU roll in the Rockets-Blazers series.

recommend:Philly-2 with Houston-1 (tease)