Houston at Minnesota

Houston has had to deal with the loss of Yao Ming all season and they simply aren't the same team without him. The Rockets have played poorly on the road where they are just 8-15 on the season, so it’s tough to back them in the role of road chalk. The Timberwolves are a bad team apparently playing bad, but when you look a little closer they have played a tough home schedule, and have managed to fare well vs. teams with a losing record. The T-Wolves are 6-3 straight-up at home vs. a team with a losing record on the season. Two of the losses were by a single point, and one in overtime. The Rockets are 2-8-1 ATS after scoring 100+ and 0-6-1 ATS in their last seven vs. the West. Minnesota takes this one ATS.