Houston at New Orleans

The Houston Rockets have been punishing teams at home all season where they are 27-8. The road has met them with a much different fate as they are a below .500 team on the highway. It won’t help that they are coming into this one having lost two in a row at home and most recently yesterday vs. in-state rival San Antonio. The Hornets have been buzzing at home with a 23-9 mark so far on the season. The Hornets lost four of those nine when Tyson Chandler was out. He has been back over the last 11 games and it has shown as the Hornets are 9-2 with his return, and have not lost at home. We have a good home that is hot, vs. a poor road team that is not, so I'll go with the Hornets on the moneyline here. I also like the under here, as both these teams are defense first type teams, and New Orleans vs teams with a .500 record or better, is 12-4 to the under on the season at home, and the Rockets have played 5 straight to the UNDER vs teams with a .600+ winning percentage on the season. This series has also held that form, as 5 of the last 6 have played under.