The line on the total has gone up which would usually worry me but I'm liking the under. This is a huge number (246) and although I know both these teams can light up the scoreboard, they've both also been talking up their respective defenses lately. And Houston has actually been backing up that talk : they've given up an avg of 106 their last 3 games. New Orleans new-and-improved defense is a much smaller sample size; "holding" Charlotte to 110 on Saturday. The Pelicans are not very good, so I'm banking on Houston to continue their new defensive surge here and keep this game under this monster number.
The line on the total has gone up which would usually worry me but I'm liking the under. This is a huge number (246) and although I know both these teams can light up the scoreboard, they've both also been talking up their respective defenses lately. And Houston has actually been backing up that talk : they've given up an avg of 106 their last 3 games. New Orleans new-and-improved defense is a much smaller sample size; "holding" Charlotte to 110 on Saturday. The Pelicans are not very good, so I'm banking on Houston to continue their new defensive surge here and keep this game under this monster number.