Houston Rockets vs Phoenix Suns NBA Picks: The Rockets (4-3) are coming off a loss on Sunday night to the L.A. Lakers 111-82. Aaron Brooks, a reserve, paced Houston with 20 points and four assists. Yao Ming, Luis Scola and Carl Landry had 12 points apiece for the Rockets, who shot 37.8 percent and were outrebounded 50-36. Houston started the season with three straight double-digit victories but have lost three of its last four. The Rockets just need time to mesh and get everyone on the same page and used to each others play. I'm not really worried about them not making the playoffs, they will easily make the playoffs. I'm more concerned about their play IN the playoffs. Should be an interesting one this year. The sports odds posted by the oddsmakers at Heroescasino.com currently list Phoenix Suns -3.5 favorites to Houston Rockets heading into this matchup.
"You have to play as a team and we did not play as a team," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "I'm sure you give them credit because they have been really good all year."
The Suns (6-2) are on a two game winning streak. They are coming off a win 107-102 at home over Memphis on Monday. Leandro Barbosa scored 16 of his team-high 27 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 43.8 seconds left. Phoenix must stop turning the ball over, everything else has looked pretty solid early in the season. Grant Hill needs to shoot the ball more. The online sports betting odds at Heroescasino.com has the OVER/UNDER in this Houston Rockets vs Phoenix Suns game is set at 199 points.
"It was the first time that I was doing well and I felt like I could go to the basket and I could shoot," said Barbosa, whose season high had been 18 points Oct. 29 at San Antonio. "My teammates were helping me and the coach was helping me, too, and it was great."
NBA Picks: Phoenix returned home from a four-game, five-day road trip on Sunday and outlasted the Grizzlies, but never threatened to cover as an 11½-point home chalk. The Suns, who are off to a strong start under first-year coach Terry Porter, gun for their third straight victory when they host the Rockets at the US Airways Center. The Rockets and Suns split four meetings last season with each team winning once at US Airways Center. McGrady averaged 23.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists in three games against Phoenix, while the Suns' Amare Stoudemire averaged 30.3 points and 11.5 boards while shooting 60.0 percent in the series. Rockets are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 vs. NBA Pacific. Favorite is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings. Road team is 20-9 ATS in the last 29 meetings.
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