Portland fought really hard in last night's loss at Oklahoma City. The Trail Blazers lost by only 2 points. Great effort but it will catch up to them tonight!

The Rockets are 16-7 at home, both against the spread and straight up. They allow only 107 points per game here. Portland allows 118 on the road. The Rockets are also a very respectable 9-4 ATS (69.2%) as favorites.

The Rockets had the last 2 days off. My belief is that they will come in fresh and they will dominate this game from start to finish.