LiontipsHouston vs Boston. Predictions and Betting Tips for NBA
Command Analysis
Rockets completely failed the previous season, because team is in the rebuilding proccess after the departure of James Harden. The Beard negotiated with team's board for a long time and had conflicts with his teammates, so eventually he joined Brooklyn. Team tried to replace the star point guard, but John Wall failed to live up to the expectations due to frequent injuries.
Houston wants to improve their result in the current regular season, but team didn't strengthen the squad during the off-season. In the first match Rockets failed to beat Minnesota (106:124), but in the next match recorded an easy victory over Oklahoma (124:91). Christian Wood put up a great offensive performance in a match against the Thunder, he scored 29 points.
Celtics will start the new season as a completely different team, because Brad Stevens left his head coach position and will become the president of basketball operations. Club's board also chose to trade Kemba Walker to New York Knicks.
Boston failed to find a victory in two first matches and their performance drew much criticism. Celtics were narrowly beaten by Knicks in the first match (134:138) and in the second one team suffered a heavy defeat to Toronto, though Raptors are surely not a strong opponent right now (83:115). Overall, it is not the best start of the season for the Celtics.
Trends
СтавкаHouston: total over 108,5 points
In three out of five most recent home games team managed to beat the total
СтавкаBoston: total under 115,5 points
Only in one out of five most recent matches Celtics managed to beat the total
СтавкаTotal of tied quarters - under 0.5
In five most recent head-to-head matches only one quarter ended with a tie score
Tip and bets
Boston will be a clear favourite of this match, but two most recent matches showed that after Brad Stevens' departure it became harder to beat opponents. Celtics will improve their performance, Jaylen Brown will return soon, but so far team is not looking good.
Houston felt the taste of a victory and team is ready to prove that Rockets are able to strike again. They are unlikely to record a home victory over Celtics, but John Wall and his partners should be able to put up a fight.
Our prediction - Handicap (+7.5) for Houston Rockets
In our opinion, Rockets will play offensively, just like always, all of their key players are available for the game. Celtics need a victory as well, so we are expecting a high-scoring game.
Our second bet is on total over 218.5 points
