Strength
of schedule is important whether you’re betting the NBA, the NFL,
College Football or the NHL. It’s mightily important because it can make
great teams appear bad and awful teams appear good and the examples of
this phenomenon are present throughout the sports world. Yeah the
Rockets are 1-5 but have played hands down the hardest schedule in the
league. Rocket opponents have an unreal .658 win percentage, far and
away the highest in the NBA. Despite this, Houston basically has an
equal point differential and what that means is that they are way better
than the 1-5 record indicates. Luckily for us bettors this means that
spreads which would normally be in the 6-7 point range come down to 3½,
making this an automatic bet. The Wizards are 1-4 but unlike the Rockets
have played a relatively easy schedule. They have been blown out by the
Knicks and Magic and if not for a miracle win over the Sixers would be
0-5 right now. The fact that they’re playing at home shouldn’t be seen
as an “advantage” because quite frankly this Wizards team is going to be
awful either way and the venue they play at won’t make one iota of a
difference. It’s a team that ranks dead last in the East in points
allowed, dead last in field goal percentage against, dead last in
offensive and defensive rebounding and first in turnovers. This is a
putrid, putrid squad that will approach the 60-loss mark and aren’t in
the same class as Houston. The Rockets should pound this feeble opponent
like they did the Timberwolves on Sunday. The players and coaches know
wins in the West are hard to come by and will play with maximum effort
tonight. Play: Houston –3½ (Risking 2.06 units to win 2)
Strength
of schedule is important whether you’re betting the NBA, the NFL,
College Football or the NHL. It’s mightily important because it can make
great teams appear bad and awful teams appear good and the examples of
this phenomenon are present throughout the sports world. Yeah the
Rockets are 1-5 but have played hands down the hardest schedule in the
league. Rocket opponents have an unreal .658 win percentage, far and
away the highest in the NBA. Despite this, Houston basically has an
equal point differential and what that means is that they are way better
than the 1-5 record indicates. Luckily for us bettors this means that
spreads which would normally be in the 6-7 point range come down to 3½,
making this an automatic bet. The Wizards are 1-4 but unlike the Rockets
have played a relatively easy schedule. They have been blown out by the
Knicks and Magic and if not for a miracle win over the Sixers would be
0-5 right now. The fact that they’re playing at home shouldn’t be seen
as an “advantage” because quite frankly this Wizards team is going to be
awful either way and the venue they play at won’t make one iota of a
difference. It’s a team that ranks dead last in the East in points
allowed, dead last in field goal percentage against, dead last in
offensive and defensive rebounding and first in turnovers. This is a
putrid, putrid squad that will approach the 60-loss mark and aren’t in
the same class as Houston. The Rockets should pound this feeble opponent
like they did the Timberwolves on Sunday. The players and coaches know
wins in the West are hard to come by and will play with maximum effort
tonight. Play: Houston –3½ (Risking 2.06 units to win 2)
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