Houston Rockets vs Indiana Pacers Point Spread Picks

The Indiana Pacers have had an injury-riddled season, leaving them at the bottom of the NBA Eastern Conference standings at 13-36. The Pacers have not played well on the road this season. Their last five road games have left this team 1-4, and they have been outscored 120-104 in the five contests. Houston is 31-18 on the season, and things have gone well for the Rockets in recent games. Houston is 8-3 in its last 11 games, playing well, and hungry to move up in the standings. They are #4 now, but are just two games out of 2nd. I think they keep showing up. Make the play on Houston.

Houston shot 49 percent and went 16-for-35 from 3-point range, but it still couldn't keep up with Oklahoma City, which beat the Rockets 137-128 on Monday as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in 51 points. The Rockets will look to bounce back tonight and they are 3-0-1 ATS their past four games after scoring more than 125 points their previous game. They showed their depth by staying close to the Thunder even with four starters missing and the Rockets look to have some back for this game as five players are listed as day-to-day. Indiana has split its past four games and comes off a 127-112 win over Chicago. The Pacers are 0-5 ATS their past five Tuesday games and Bennedict Mathurin has missed the last two games and is questionable tonight with a wrist injury. Houston won the only meeting this season130-113 in November and it is 18-13 ATS on the road. Take the Rockets.

Indiana has beaten the Rockets nine times in a row with a 6-1-2 ATS mark and five of those games were at Houston. The Rockets had their five-game win streak snapped by Milwauee 101-100 on Monday night and they will be playing their seventh game in 11 days and the past two were on the road. They played like a tired team shooting just 40 percent and missing 23 of 32 3-pointers against the Bucks. Jalen Green and Fred VanVleet combined to shoot just 18 of 47 from the field. Indiana beat Miami 119-110 on Sunday, but then had to play a back-to-back and lost 130-119 to Toronto, which shot a blistering 59 percent and went 14-for-29 from beyond the arc. The fatigued Rockets won't come close to that shooting percentage. Take the Pacers.