Houston Rockets - Dallas Mavericks: betting tip (cf. 1.80) and bets on the NBA match

January started extremely hard for Houston, but over time the team improved dramatically and won 6 out of 8 matches. The key to this breakthrough was protection, which finally began to bring stable results. The Rockets managed to dry out Atlanta (104:86) and Memphis (108:99), and a little earlier they coped with Detroit (111:104). 

Now the club is confidently holding onto the fourth line of the West and is among the best home teams in the league. The advantage over the Lakers is gradually growing, and the fight for a place in the top 3 is becoming more and more real.

Dallas slowed down in the second half of the month. After a series of several wins in a row, the Mavericks lost three meetings. Defeats from the Lakers (110:116), Minnesota (105:118) and unexpectedly from Charlotte (121:123) dropped the team to 12th place in the Western Conference and complicated the fight for the playoffs. 

The main problem is a sharp deterioration in defensive performance, especially in away matches, where Dallas has nine defeats in the last 11 matches.