NBA on TNT: Rockets Host T-Wolves in Late Game

Harden May be Back for Rockets

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Houston Rockets will meet on Thursday at Toyota Center. They play in the TNT late game with tip-off scheduled for a little after 9:30 pm EST.

Oddsmakers have the Rockets as 5-point favorites and the total is at 224.

The Rockets were a 113-102 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers. They failed to cover the -4.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (215) made winners of UNDER bettors.

James Harden has been sidelined for seven games with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain. He is listed as questionable for the Rockets tonight.

Harden leads the league in scoring at 32.3 points. He also ranks third in assists at 9.1 a game. Harden sustained the injury in the fourth quarter of a double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 31.

Harden earned a reputation for durability prior to this setback. He missed a total of two games over the previous three seasons. He will play under a minutes restriction.

The NBA announced that Rockets forwards Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green will serve two-game suspensions for their roles in a postgame confrontation inside the Clippers locker room Monday night.

The league ruled that Ariza and Green aggressively sought a confrontation with injured Clippers guard Austin Rivers. Chris Paul and Harden were not penalized for their participation in the incident.

T-Wolves Won 12 of 15 Heading into Tonight's Rockets Matchup

Minnesota was a 108-102 loser in its last match on the road against the Orlando Magic. They failed to cover the -8.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 210 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

The T-Wolves had thrived just out of the spotlight for most of this season. Minnesota had not only had great momentum with their stretch of outstanding play. The team also gained notoriety after winning 12 of 15 games.

They had won 5 in a row heading into Orlando and abruptly laid an egg. Orlando had won only once in its prior 17 games. The surging Timberwolves produced an effort of a team playing down to the level of its competition.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Minnesota	29-17	22-22-2	108.65	104.76	3.89	11-12-1	11-10-1	23-22-1	12-11-1	11-11
Houston	30-12	20-21-1	114.64	107.14	7.5	8-12-1	12-9	21-21	14-7	7-14

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
MIN	22.74	12.15	1.87
HOU	22.43	14.43	1.55

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
MIN	10.52	31.22	41.74
HOU	9.69	34.43	44.12

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
MIN	47.66	47.48	0.18
HOU	45.97	47.03	-1.06

Team Records

Minnesota Timberwolves

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	29-17	18-6	11-11	22-22-2	11-12-1	11-10-1	108.65	104.76	3.89
Last 10	7-3	6-0	1-3	7-3	6-0	1-3	108.90	97.90	11.00
vs Div	9-1	6-0	3-1	7-3	3-3	4-0	112.20	106.20	6.00
vs EAST	6-11	4-5	2-6	4-12-1	3-6	1-6-1	105.71	107.00	-1.29
vs WEST	23-6	14-1	9-5	18-10-1	8-6-1	10-4	110.38	103.45	6.93

Houston Rockets

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	30-12	15-6	15-6	20-21-1	8-12-1	12-9	114.64	107.14	7.50
Last 10	5-5	2-1	3-4	4-6	1-2	3-4	113.10	112.20	0.90
vs Div	5-2	4-1	1-1	4-3	3-2	1-1	108.00	100.43	7.57
vs EAST	13-5	6-2	7-3	7-10-1	1-6-1	6-4	112.00	105.11	6.89
vs WEST	17-7	9-4	8-3	13-11	7-6	6-5	116.63	108.67	7.96

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	108.65	6	107.14	21
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	106.50	10	110.38	28
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	40.45	25	40.86	8
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	114.64	2	104.76	12
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	117.76	1	105.73	11
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	44.05	12	42.23	6

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Minnesota	1-9	8-2	9-1	112.00	57.40	47.77	42.00	150/410	10.30
Houston	9-1	2-8	9-1	118.00	54.20	47.36	46.10	68/189	9.80

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
Apr 12, 2017	MIN	118	HOU	123	-8	MIN	227	O	MIN	MIN	HOU	60	60	52.7	46.4	49	47	11/23	19/56	7	11
Feb 25, 2017	MIN	130	HOU	142	-12.5	MIN	229.5	O	MIN	MIN	HOU	58	66	52.1	46.8	58	31	9/26	22/58	10	15
Jan 11, 2017	HOU	105	MIN	119	3	MIN	218.5	O	MIN	MIN	HOU	54	55	41.4	54.3	32	49	15/42	8/23	7	8
Dec 17, 2016	HOU	111	MIN	109	2.5	MIN	220.5	U	MIN	MIN	HOU	44	57	40.6	44.6	47	55	17/51	7/21	14	9
Apr 11, 2016	HOU	129	MIN	105	3.5	HOU	216.5	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	68	47	55.8	45.8	43	40	15/30	5/21	12	12
Mar 18, 2016	MIN	111	HOU	116	-9	MIN	224	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	52	54	50.6	56.5	35	42	6/16	11/29	14	9
Jan 13, 2016	MIN	104	HOU	107	-7.5	MIN	207	O	HOU	MIN	MIN	50	57	46.2	49.3	43	39	8/17	7/30	11	11
Mar 27, 2015	MIN	110	HOU	120	-14	MIN	205.5	O	HOU	HOU	HOU	50	60	48.7	53	31	41	6/14	20/44	6	10
Feb 23, 2015	MIN	102	HOU	113	-8	HOU	213.5	O	HOU	MIN	HOU	56	56	33.3	41.5	58	56	5/18	12/38	9	11
Dec 5, 2014	HOU	114	MIN	112	7	MIN	205	O	HOU	MIN	HOU	55	57	48.7	46.4	42	43	12/32	3/10	3	12

NBA Betting Trends

Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota's last 11 games
Minnesota is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Houston
Minnesota is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Minnesota's last 13 games when playing Houston
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
Minnesota is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston

Houston Rockets
Houston is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games
Houston is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games
Houston is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Houston is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games at home
Houston is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Houston is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Houston's last 13 games when playing Minnesota
Houston is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

Team Last 5 Games

Minnesota Timberwolves

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 16, 2018	ORL	102-108	L	-8.5	218	L/U	43.88	90.00	7	A
Jan 14, 2018	POR	120-103	W	-6	213	W/O	53.75	81.82	7	H
Jan 12, 2018	NY	118-108	W	-9	208.5	W/O	51.58	62.50	10	H
Jan 10, 2018	OKC	104-88	W	-4.5	213	W/U	48.75	70.37	7	H
Jan 8, 2018	CLE	127-99	W	1	223	W/O	52.00	76.47	10	H

Houston Rockets

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 15, 2018	LAC	102-113	L	-4.5	230.5	L/U	40.43	81.25	13	A
Jan 12, 2018	PHO	112-95	W	-7	231	W/U	41.49	86.36	15	A
Jan 10, 2018	POR	121-112	W	-7	217.5	W/O	45.00	76.00	12	H
Jan 8, 2018	CHI	116-107	W	-6	220	W/O	45.35	75.00	20	A
Jan 6, 2018	DET	101-108	L	-6	212	L/U	42.22	90.91	15	A

Next up:
Minnesota home to Toronto Saturday, January 20
Houston home to Golden State Saturday, January 20

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NBA on TNT: Celtics Host Banged up 76ers

The fans at TD Garden see the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics when they take their seats on Thursday. The game will tip-off at 7:00 pm EST and TNT will have the telecast.

Oddsmakers opened the Celtics as -6-point favorites versus the 76ers, while the game's total opened at 212.5. The line now shows Boston as 4.5-point favorites and the total is down to 208.

Raptors Win was Costly for 76ers

Philadelphia won its last outing, a 117-111 result against the Toronto Raptors on January 15. The 76ers covered in that game as a +2-point underdog, while the 228 combined points took the game OVER the total.

Philly has won 5 of their last 6 games coming into tonight. Then the injury bug hit against Toronto. The club is still unsure about when rookie Markelle Fultz's shoulder will allow him to return.

J.J. Redick suffered a "bone edema and small Cortical crack in the left fibula," that will be re-evaluate in 10-to-14 days. Redick has been great for the Sixers. He is averaging 17.3 points per game. That is 5.1 higher than his career average. He is 40.5 percent on 3-pointers. He is also 94.6 percent from the foul line.

The Sixers will also be without bench player Richaun Holmes for a second straight game.

Joel Embiid scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Monday.

In their only loss over their last 6 games, the Sixers blew a 22-point first-half lead to the Celtics in London. They blew a 22-point lead against the Raptors as well on their last visit. Then they hung on after squandering a 21-point lead Monday.

Celtics Playing 2nd game in 11 Days

Boston was a 116-113 loser in its last match at home against the Pelicans. They failed to cover the -5.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 229 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.

The loss was only the Celtics second game in the last 11 days.

Kyrie Irving revealed Wednesday he has a sore left shoulder. He is questionable for Thursday. Marcus Smart, Guerschon Yabusele and Abdel Nader have reported being sick as well.

The Celtics have won 13 of the last 14 games against the Sixers. The last seven have been at TD Garden.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Philadelphia	20-20	22-17-1	108.62	108.18	0.44	11-9	11-8-1	22-18	10-10	12-8
Boston	34-11	27-16-2	103.22	98.13	5.09	13-9-2	14-7	22-22-1	13-11	9-11-1

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
PHI	25.95	17.40	1.49
BOS	22.16	13.31	1.66

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
PHI	11.12	36.42	47.54
BOS	9.18	35.53	44.71

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PHI	46.21	43.83	2.38
BOS	44.89	43.08	1.81

Team Records

Philadelphia 76ers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	20-20	10-10	10-10	22-17-1	11-9	11-8-1	108.63	108.18	0.45
Last 10	6-4	3-2	3-2	6-4	3-2	3-2	108.60	104.90	3.70
vs Div	2-6	1-3	1-3	2-6	1-3	1-3	100.38	109.63	-9.25
vs EAST	9-10	7-4	2-6	9-10	6-5	3-5	106.79	107.47	-0.68
vs WEST	11-10	3-6	8-4	13-7-1	5-4	8-3-1	110.29	108.81	1.48

Boston Celtics

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	34-11	18-6	16-5	27-16-2	13-9-2	14-7	103.22	98.13	5.09
Last 10	8-2	5-2	3-0	6-4	4-3	2-1	103.60	97.30	6.30
vs Div	8-1	4-0	4-1	6-3	3-1	3-2	102.89	96.56	6.33
vs EAST	22-8	9-4	13-4	18-11-1	7-5-1	11-6	102.50	97.80	4.70
vs WEST	12-3	9-2	3-1	9-5-1	6-4-1	3-1	104.67	98.80	5.87

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	108.63	7	98.13	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	108.30	5	98.75	3
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	46.10	1	44.46	24
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	103.22	22	108.18	23
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	104.75	19	110.25	25
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	45.29	8	42.15	5

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Philadelphia	1-9	5-5	6-4	99.40	50.90	44.43	45.80	111/294	8.30
Boston	9-1	5-5	6-4	107.20	50.70	43.17	43.40	104/291	9.70

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
Jan 11, 2018	BOS	114	PHI	103	2	BOS	212	O	BOS	BOS	BOS	48	57	48.3	46.3	46	37	13/35	11/28	11	12
Nov 30, 2017	PHI	97	BOS	108	-8	BOS	211.5	U	BOS	PHI	PHI	44	54	41.7	50.6	45	40	16/32	12/29	11	7
Oct 20, 2017	BOS	102	PHI	92	-3	BOS	216.5	U	BOS	BOS	Push	46	50	41.7	38	55	47	10/29	10/32	4	7
Mar 19, 2017	BOS	99	PHI	105	5	PHI	202	O	PHI	PHI	PHI	51	46	40	47.1	41	42	6/29	12/33	8	9
Feb 15, 2017	PHI	108	BOS	116	-10	PHI	218.5	O	BOS	PHI	BOS	61	61	47.3	47.5	47	39	8/31	13/28	16	13
Jan 6, 2017	PHI	106	BOS	110	-11	PHI	212.5	O	PHI	BOS	BOS	62	51	46.8	40.2	41	42	9/28	19/40	9	6
Dec 3, 2016	BOS	107	PHI	106	9.5	PHI	207.5	O	BOS	PHI	PHI	45	53	50	46.1	37	38	8/26	15/33	5	5
Mar 20, 2016	BOS	120	PHI	105	12	BOS	214	O	BOS	BOS	BOS	55	44	48.9	42.4	53	40	10/24	8/21	8	5
Jan 24, 2016	BOS	112	PHI	92	8	BOS	206	U	BOS	BOS	BOS	58	43	44.3	39.3	51	47	11/25	8/26	14	12
Nov 25, 2015	PHI	80	BOS	84	-12	PHI	201.5	U	PHI	BOS	BOS	47	40	37.3	34.1	50	54	7/27	9/29	11	7

NBA Betting Trends

Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Philadelphia's last 23 games on the road
Philadelphia is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Boston
Philadelphia is 1-14 SU in its last 15 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing Boston
Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing on the road against Boston

Boston Celtics
Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 10-5 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 8 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Team Last 5 Games

Philadelphia 76ers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 15, 2018	TOR	117-111	W	2	220	W/O	49.38	81.58	6	H
Jan 11, 2018	BOS	103-114	L	2	212	L/O	46.34	88.89	11	H
Jan 5, 2018	DET	114-78	W	-6	210.5	W/U	48.89	92.31	14	H
Jan 3, 2018	SAN	112-106	W	-3.5	208	W/O	45.00	76.74	7	H
Dec 31, 2017	PHO	123-110	W	-3.5	220.5	W/O	55.84	79.41	10	A

Boston Celtics

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 16, 2018	NOH	113-116	L	-5.5	213.5	L/O	39.60	87.50	19	H
Jan 11, 2018	PHI	114-103	W	-2	212	W/O	48.31	78.95	13	A
Jan 6, 2018	BKN	87-85	W	-3	205.5	L/U	37.76	53.33	5	A
Jan 5, 2018	MIN	91-84	W	-3	210.5	W/U	40.43	69.23	6	H
Jan 3, 2018	CLE	102-88	W	-3	212.5	W/U	44.57	72.73	12	H

Next up:
Philadelphia home to Milwaukee Saturday, January 20
Boston home to Orlando Sunday, January 21

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Golden Knights Head to Tampa as Top Teams Clash

Golden Knights Hit Tampa Off Bye Week

Fresh off of their bye week, the Tampa Bay Lightning will look to pick up where they left off against the second place Vegas Golden Knights.

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Not much was expected of the Vegas Golden Knights entering their inaugural season. They were constructed out of other teams’ castoffs. Now half way through the NHL’s regular season, the Golden Knights find themselves in first place in the Western Conference. They have the second best record in the entire NHL.

They have eight players with 20 points or more and rank third in the league in team offense. They’ve had four different starting goaltenders due to injuries. The Golden Knights have still managed to stay competitive. Seems the underdog status suits Vegas well.

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Tampa Bay was expected to be good in 2017-18. At press time, the Lightning are +600 favorites to take home the Stanley Cup this year. They’ve been basically unstoppable at both ends of the ice. They rank first in goals for per game and second in goals against per game.

Add in two of the most lethal offensive players in the league, in Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, and you have the top team in the NHL. Don’t miss this epic matchup Thursday night.

Recent Form

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Las Vegas	29-11-3	$1,821.00	3.37	2.72	12-4	17-10	23-18-2
Tampa Bay	31-10-3	$854.00	3.66	2.55	27-12	4-1	26-18

Team Records

Las Vegas Golden Knights

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	29-11-3	18-2-2	11-9-1	12-2-2	17-9-1	23-18-2
Last 10	7-2-1	4-0-1	3-2-0	4-0-1	3-2-0	2-8
vs Div	11-1-1	5-0-1	6-1-0	4-0-1	7-1-0	6-5-2
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	31-10-3	17-4-1	14-6-2	27-9-2	4-1-1	26-18
Last 10	6-3-1	3-2-0	3-1-1	6-3-1	0-0-0	5-5
vs Div	9-3-1	4-0-0	5-3-1	9-2-1	0-1-0	6-7
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.37	3	2.55	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.10	7	2.68	15
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	13.89	27	76.39	26
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.66	1	2.72	7
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.82	2	3.24	20
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	24.69	7	79.37	18

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	O/U	AVG	shots	power play goals	power play percentage	penalty kill percentage	power play chances
Las Vegas	1-0-0	1-0	4.00	36.00	4	80.00	50.00	5
Tampa Bay	0-1-0	1-0	3.00	38.00	2	50.00	20.00	4

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	Total	O/U	away shots	home shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Dec 19, 2017	TB	3	LV	4	112	6	O	38	36	2	4	4	5	50	80	20	50

NHL Betting Trends

Las Vegas Golden Knights
Las Vegas is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games
Las Vegas is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 6 games
Las Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Las Vegas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Las Vegas's last 5 games on the road

Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Tampa Bay is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 10 games at home

Team Last 5 Games

Las Vegas Golden Knights

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Jan 16, 2018	NAS	0-1	L	106	43	27	0/4	2/2	Juuse Saros	A
Jan 13, 2018	EDM	2-3	L	-183	36	30	0/6	3/3	Cam Talbot	H
Jan 7, 2018	NYR	2-1	W	-198	34	29	0/1	2/2	Ondrej Pavelec	H
Jan 5, 2018	CHI	5-4	W	122	43	32	0/2	2/2	Jeff Glass	A
Jan 4, 2018	STL	1-2	L	111	33	39	0/1	2/2	Carter Hutton	A

Tampa Bay Lightning

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Jan 11, 2018	CAL	1-5	L	-195	34	24	0/3	0/1	Mike Smith	H
Jan 9, 2018	CAR	5-4	W	-189	34	32	0/0	2/4	Cam Ward	H
Jan 7, 2018	DET	5-2	W	-138	24	36	0/0	4/4	Petr Mrazek	A
Jan 6, 2018	OTT	3-6	L	-195	48	33	1/5	3/3	Craig Anderson	A
Jan 4, 2018	MON	1-2	L	-170	45	38	0/2	2/2	Carey Price	A

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Texas Hosts Texas Tech Wednesday Night

8th-Ranked Texas Tech Invades Austin

The 8th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns will meet in a Big 12 matchup on Wednesday when they battle at Frank Erwin Center.

Oddsmakers opened the Red Raiders as -3.5-point favorites versus the Longhorns, while the game's total opened at 129.5.

Texas is Missing Former Starters

Texas was a 65-64 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Oklahoma State Cowboys. They covered the +2-point spread as underdogs.

Texas will be without two of the guards that began the season in its starting lineup. guard Kerwin Roach II is out with an injured left hand. Guard Andrew Jones is at home in Irving getting treated for leukemia.

Texas started four true freshmen during its Jan. 10 home win against No. 16 TCU. The Longhorns used a seven-man rotation in Saturday's 65-64 loss at Oklahoma State. The freshmen are guards Matt Coleman and Jase Febres along with forwards Mohamed Bamba and Jericho Sims.

Guard Eric Davis Jr. stepped into the breech for the Longhorns lately. He is averaging 20.0 points per game while hitting 15-of-25 field goals. He is 8-of-14 on his 3-pointers.

Davis Jr. has chipped in 37.0 minutes per game over the past two contests. He led Texas with 18 points in 33 minutes on Saturday's loss at Oklahoma State. He was 7-10 from the floor and 4-5 on threes.

Bamba rules the paint for Texas. He registered his seventh double-double of the year with an 11-point, 10-rebound effort at on Saturday. He is leading the Big 12 in both rebounding (10.4 rpg) and blocked shots (4.44 bpg). Bamba ranks second nationally (thru games of Jan. 15) in blocks per game.

Texas Tech is Streaking

Last time out for Texas Tech, they were a 72-71 winner as they battled West Virginia Mountaineers at home. They failed to cover in the match as a -4.5-point favorite.

The Red Raiders are heading to Austin with a full head of steam. They knocked off No. 2 West Virginia at home on Saturday. Earlier in the seasonthey won decisively at Kansas. The teams only loss in league play is to now-No. 4 Oklahoma on the road.

Texas Tech started off the year with six straight wins and then lost to Seton Hall. The Red Raiders kept going and now boast a 4-1 mark over ranked teams. That should help make for a dynamite NCAA Tournament resume.

The Red Raiders established a program single-season mark and a nation's-best five Top 25 victories on the season. Texas Tech has victories in eight of their last nine home games against Top 25 foes. Four of those wins are over Top 10 opponents.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Texas Tech	15-2	9-6	79.59	60.82	18.77	6-4	1-1	4-11	2-8	1-1
Texas	11-6	7-7	73.47	65.82	7.65	3-3	2-2	5-8-1	2-3-1	1-3

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
TEXTK	13.94	12.76	1.09
TEXAS	12.06	12.53	0.96

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
TEXTK	11.12	26.82	37.94
TEXAS	11.35	26.47	37.82

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
TEXTK	48.63	37.76	10.87
TEXAS	44.61	39.64	4.97

Team Records

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	15-2	12-0	3-2	8-5	5-3	3-2	79.59	60.82	18.77
Last 10	9-1	8-0	1-1	5-3	4-2	1-1	77.40	61.30	16.10
vs Conf	4-1	3-0	1-1	3-2	2-1	1-1	74.60	66.00	8.60

Texas Longhorns

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	11-6	8-3	3-3	6-7	3-4	3-3	73.47	65.82	7.65
Last 10	6-4	3-2	3-2	5-5	2-3	3-2	69.40	67.60	1.80
vs Conf	2-3	1-1	1-2	3-2	1-1	2-1	76.60	78.80	-2.20

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	79.59	58	65.82	39
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	77.80	44	65.64	86
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	38.20	37	35.64	189
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	73.47	162	60.82	5
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	76.64	159	70.00	51
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	37.91	119	33.20	54

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Texas Tech	3-7	5-5	2-8	59.60	27.20	41.81	30.50	49/160	5.80
Texas	7-3	5-5	2-8	63.40	28.20	42.53	34.00	53/185	6.00

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
Mar 8, 2017	TEXAS	61	TEXTK	52	-5	TEXAS	129.5	U	TEXAS	TEXAS	Push	20	26	40	35.6	36	34	5/23	5/19	5	4
Mar 1, 2017	TEXAS	57	TEXTK	67	-8	TEXTK	131	U	TEXTK	TEXTK	TEXAS	29	34	42.6	48	28	33	5/22	4/13	6	2
Feb 1, 2017	TEXTK	58	TEXAS	62	0		132.5	U	TEXAS	TEXTK	Push	26	28	35.6	46.2	38	35	6/21	6/17	4	5
Feb 6, 2016	TEXTK	59	TEXAS	69	-9.5	TEXAS	133.5	U	TEXAS	TEXAS	TEXAS	30	36	38.8	49	26	30	5/15	7/18	8	6
Jan 2, 2016	TEXAS	74	TEXTK	82	-3.5	TEXTK	140	O	TEXTK	TEXTK	TEXAS	24	35	41.7	50	30	33	9/28	5/12	5	6
Mar 11, 2015	TEXTK	53	TEXAS	65	-11	TEXAS	122	U	TEXTK	TEXAS	TEXTK	26	30	47.8	43.9	24	39	5/6	4/19	5	8
Feb 14, 2015	TEXTK	41	TEXAS	56	-16.5	TEXTK	120.5	U	TEXAS	TEXAS	TEXTK	19	29	33.3	44.4	28	31	7/25	5/15	7	6
Jan 3, 2015	TEXAS	70	TEXTK	61	8	TEXAS	126	O	TEXTK	TEXAS	TEXAS	31	22	38.5	42.3	41	29	5/13	4/19	6	9
Mar 8, 2014	TEXAS	53	TEXTK	59	1.5	TEXTK	134	U	TEXTK	TEXAS	TEXAS	23	21	35.1	43.8	38	36	4/18	2/12	9	8
Jan 11, 2014	TEXTK	64	TEXAS	67	-10	TEXTK	146.5	U	TEXTK	TEXAS	TEXTK	33	32	45.7	45.1	24	32	6/18	3/12	5	4

NCAA Basketball Betting Trends

Texas Tech Red Raiders
Texas Tech is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas Tech's last 5 games
Texas Tech is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Texas Tech's last 11 games on the road
Texas Tech is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Texas
Texas Tech is 3-17 SU in its last 20 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas Tech's last 7 games when playing Texas
Texas Tech is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas
Texas Tech is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas Tech's last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas

Texas Longhorns
Texas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Texas is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games at home
Texas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Texas Tech
Texas is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games when playing Texas Tech
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas's last 7 games when playing Texas Tech
Texas is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Texas Tech
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas Tech
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games when playing at home against Texas Tech

Team Last 5 Games

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 13, 2018	W.VA	72-71	W	-4.5	143.5	L/U	50.00	85.71	4	H
Jan 9, 2018	OKLA	65-75	L	2.5	162	L/U	37.31	64.29	6	A
Jan 6, 2018	KANST	74-58	W	-9.5	139	W/U	58.54	76.92	6	H
Jan 2, 2018	KANSA	85-73	W	7.5	148	W/O	43.28	84.00	6	A
Dec 29, 2017	BAYLR	77-53	W	-7.5	138	W/U	50.00	76.19	9	H

Texas Longhorns

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 13, 2018	OKST	64-65	L	2	140.5	W/U	43.40	58.82	8	A
Jan 10, 2018	TCU	99-98	W	2	142.5	W/O	56.67	75.86	9	H
Jan 6, 2018	BAYLR	60-69	L	3	132.5	L/U	34.29	80.00	8	A
Jan 1, 2018	IOWAS	74-70	W	-2.5	138	W/O	39.06	68.75	13	A
Dec 29, 2017	KANSA	86-92	L	4	139	L/O	43.06	80.95	7	H

Next up:
Texas Tech at Iowa State Saturday, January 20
Texas at West Virginia Saturday, January 20

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