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NBA News NBA Previews NBA Sportsbooks Posted on 10/30/2007 2:35 PM
By: CappersPicks.com NBA Basketball Handicapping Staff
Basketball Betting Odds: Houston (- 3) vs. Los Angeles (+ 3)
Our Sportsbooks: Another opening day, another cry-baby NBA star in Kobe Bryant, and another chance to figure out if the Houston Rockets are as good as advertised – – what’s not to like about this game?
From an NBA betting stand-point this is probably the most interesting game on Tuesday night. After all, just this morning my man Phil Jackson talked about how he’s “disappointed in Kobe” and how expected Kobe “to do things differently during the pre-season”.
Oh, boo-hoo, Phil, it’s not like your father-in-law is talking trash to you, right?
In any case, the Top Sportsbooks line on this game is Houston – 3 on the road versus the Los Angeles Lakers.
The trends are mixed regarding this game as both Houston and the Lakers were atrocious towards the end of last year. Check out these unhelpful trends:
The Rockets are 3 – 13 against the spread in their last overall games.
The Los Angeles Lakers are 8 – 18 – 1 against the spread in their last 27 games overall.
Neither trend provides much confidence to NBA bettors. However, there is one significant change that occurred to the Houston Rockets that puts them squarely on my list of most improved NBA teams. While the Los Angeles Lakers did absolutely nothing over the summer, the Rockets went out and hired Rick Adelman, former coach of the title deprived Sacramento Kings, to coach the star-studded Houston Rockets’ line-up.
That’s enough for me to decry any chance that the Lakers have of winning this opening game. Yes, the Lakers are home, and home-crowds do mean something, but the Rockets will be out to prove something.
First, the Rockets now have three scorers who are allowed to score under Adelman’s tutelage – – Steve Francis, Yao Ming, and Tracey McGrady. Out of 16 years as a coach, Adelman has coached a team to over 50 wins ten times and not a single one of those teams was as gifted as this Houston Rockets team.
Sure, this is the NBA and no team will win every game, but this is opening night. Adelman’s going to show the NBA how good his guys really are, Kobe’s head is a mess, and the Lakers are still the lousy Lakers.
Free NBA Basketball Pick:
The Rockets will blow the Lakers out in this game; giving all of us sportswriters more fuel for the Kobe is getting traded stories.
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