Lakers Visit Streaking Rockets in Houston

Rockets Looking for 14th Straight Win

Is there any stopping the Houston Rockets (24-4 SU, 15-12-1 ATS)? They’ve won 13 straight games at 7-5-1 ATS since Chris Paul made his return to the lineup. The Rockets have another winnable game coming up Wednesday night. They clash with the Los Angeles Lakers (10-17 SU, 13-14 ATS). The game tips off at 8 PM ET on NBA-TV.

Oddsmakers have the Rockets as 15-point favorites and the total is sitting at 226.

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Paul and the Rockets have already defeated Los Angeles once during this hot streak. When they met at Staples Center on December 3, Paul had 21 points and six assists.  He was one of three Houston players to top the 20-point mark. They beat the Lakers 118-95.

The Rockets easily covered the 12.5-point spread. James Harden led all scorers with 36 points, while reigning Sixth Man of the Year Eric Gordon contributed 22 points off the bench.

The Lakers were close to full strength for that game. They’ll be missing one of their key starters for the rematch. SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope isn’t allowed to leave the state of California because of a legal matter.

The 3-and-D specialist has been one of LA’s better players this year. He scored 16 points in the first game against Houston, connecting on four of his seven 3-point attempts.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
LA Lakers	10-18	14-14	106.61	109.57	-2.96	8-6	6-8	14-14	8-6	6-8
Houston	25-4	16-12-1	115.28	104.00	11.28	7-8-1	9-4	15-14	9-7	6-7

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
LAL	23.14	16.57	1.4
HOU	22.69	14.90	1.52

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
LAL	10.71	35.86	46.57
HOU	9.03	35.17	44.2

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
LAL	45.55	45.50	0.05
HOU	47.14	46.10	1.04

Team Records

Los Angeles Lakers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-18	6-8	4-10	14-14	8-6	6-8	106.61	109.57	-2.96
Last 10	2-8	0-3	2-5	5-5	2-1	3-4	108.70	114.60	-5.90
vs Div	2-6	0-4	2-2	4-4	2-2	2-2	111.38	116.13	-4.75
vs EAST	6-7	4-2	2-5	7-6	4-2	3-4	104.77	105.15	-0.38
vs WEST	4-11	2-6	2-5	7-8	4-4	3-4	108.20	113.40	-5.20

Houston Rockets

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	25-4	13-3	12-1	16-12-1	7-8-1	9-4	115.28	104.00	11.28
Last 10	10-0	7-0	3-0	5-4-1	3-3-1	2-1	118.60	105.10	13.50
vs Div	5-2	4-1	1-1	4-3	3-2	1-1	108.00	100.43	7.57
vs EAST	11-2	6-2	5-0	5-7-1	1-6-1	4-1	114.00	104.54	9.46
vs WEST	14-2	7-1	7-1	11-5	6-2	5-3	116.31	103.56	12.75

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	106.61	11	104.00	13
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	104.21	13	105.44	20
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	44.71	7	39.63	5
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	115.28	2	109.57	26
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	116.00	2	109.50	24
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	44.00	13	45.14	26

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
LA Lakers	2-8	2-8	6-4	98.40	59.80	48.42	47.30	132/353	12.00
Houston	8-2	8-2	6-4	117.10	49.60	43.47	42.30	68/241	8.80

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Dec 3, 2017	HOU	118	LAL	95	12	HOU	223	U	HOU	LAL	HOU	61	46	50.6	38.1	43	45	14/37	9/28	10	9
Mar 15, 2017	LAL	100	HOU	139	-17.5	HOU	235	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	52	66	46.2	54.9	38	50	3/25	18/43	10	13
Dec 7, 2016	LAL	95	HOU	134	-13.5	HOU	223	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	55	67	39.1	54.3	39	52	5/20	15/36	13	20
Oct 26, 2016	HOU	114	LAL	120	6	LAL	223.5	O	HOU	Push	LAL	71	63	51.2	50.6	39	39	7/29	12/35	10	10
Apr 10, 2016	LAL	110	HOU	130	-14.5	HOU	213	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	53	55	49.4	51	40	48	12/28	17/41	10	11
Jan 17, 2016	HOU	112	LAL	95	9.5	HOU	205.5	O	HOU	HOU	Push	60	57	48.4	45.1	51	36	6/21	6/16	10	8
Dec 17, 2015	HOU	107	LAL	87	6.5	HOU	215	U	LAL	HOU	HOU	52	39	38.6	42.9	54	46	12/31	5/24	9	5
Dec 12, 2015	LAL	97	HOU	126	-12	HOU	212	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	46	63	39.8	52.2	40	52	10/32	15/33	11	16
Jan 25, 2015	HOU	99	LAL	87	8.5	HOU	207	U	LAL	LAL	HOU	52	36	40.2	43	46	53	13/44	1/13	13	4
Nov 19, 2014	LAL	98	HOU	92	-10	LAL	209	U	LAL	LAL	HOU	49	51	40.7	40.5	47	38	5/20	15/38	8	8

NBA Betting Trends

Los Angeles Lakers
LA Lakers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
LA Lakers is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games on the road
LA Lakers is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Houston
LA Lakers is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 6 games when playing Houston
LA Lakers is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
LA Lakers is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston

Houston Rockets
Houston is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games at home
Houston is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing LA Lakers
Houston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing LA Lakers
Houston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers

Team Last 5 Games

Los Angeles Lakers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 18, 2017	GS	114-116	L	5.5	219	W/O	44.57	62.86	10	H
Dec 14, 2017	CLE	112-121	L	10	220.5	W/O	49.47	64.29	9	A
Dec 12, 2017	NY	109-113	L	2.5	211	L/O	41.18	80.00	13	A
Dec 9, 2017	CHR	110-99	W	3.5	212.5	W/U	50.59	71.43	9	A
Dec 7, 2017	PHI	107-104	W	8.5	222	W/U	43.75	50.00	11	A

Houston Rockets

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 18, 2017	UTA	120-99	W	-12	216.5	W/O	51.95	85.19	17	H
Dec 16, 2017	MIL	115-111	W	-10.5	222	L/O	46.05	80.95	11	H
Dec 15, 2017	SAN	124-109	W	-8	214	W/O	47.25	80.00	18	H
Dec 13, 2017	CHR	108-96	W	-12	219	P/U	44.32	68.42	17	H
Dec 11, 2017	NOH	130-123	W	-13.5	227.5	L/O	54.55	68.00	17	H

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