T.M. Selection: Houston Rockets.

I like the Houston Rockets to cover the spread against the New Orleans Pelicans in this game on Sunday. The Rockets have won 1/6 games in their previous 6 but I think they have a chance to upset the Pelicans here. The Rockets won their most recent home game over the Cavaliers who are having a very good year and they won that game by 10+ points. I think they can keep that energy up on their home floor and they about to face a team that has been 1 of the worst teams in the league this year so to the Rockets, they are on an even playing field in this game since the Pelicans haven't been great. The Rockets also lost their most recent game too, they were on the road but they lost to a Texas rival team and by a lot of points. They lost on the road to the Spurs by 20+ points and the Spurs have been terrible this year too. There is no way that they are sitting on that loss happily, especially with the margin they lost by, and I expect the Rockets to give a much better effort here to make up for that terrible performance against another bad team. I think they are going to be angry here and I expect them to take that loss out on the Pelicans here on their home court with the mindset that they need to beat up on a bad team now. The Pelicans have won 2 games in a row but those wins were against the Pistons who are 1 of the worst teams in the league this year too, and the other was against the Nuggets as the Pelicans caught them in the middle of a slump. The Pelicans had actually lost 4 games in a row before those 2 wins and I don't see why they won't just revert to that in this game. I think the Rockets can win this game outright. I like the Rockets to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 121-117 Rockets.