Pacers go for home court advantage!
The Indiana Pacers and Houston Rockets will face each other on Thursday night. The home side have won the past three duels with the Texans and will now look to extend that streak on Dec. 24, 2021, starting at 01:00 a.m.
The odds on this one are not bad, as the visitors are coming in more tired, as they still took on the Bucks last night and picked up a significant loss. What NBA betting tips the betting base has in store for the game in Indianapolis today can be found in the following text!
Indiana Pacers – Statistics & Current Form
The Pacers can once again rely on Domantas Sabonis in the regular season. The Latvian centre has already achieved 23 double-doubles and this yield is currently only topped by Rudy Gobert from Utah and Jonas Valanciunas from the Pelicans from New Orleans. Overall, though, the season is not going well for Indy.
At the moment, they are only good enough for third last place in the Eastern Conference. One reason is the loss of the powerful small forward T. J. Warren, which means that the Pacers are playing with much less quality. It is encouraging, however, that they now have a home game on the schedule.
At home, the Pacers have a winning percentage of 59 percent and have lost only one of their last five games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Houston Rockets – Statistics & current form
For their part, the men from the Lone Star State currently occupy only last place in the Western Conference. The rebuilding of the team will still take time, which is why the season in Houston will only go down in the annals of the franchise as a transitional season.
Among other things, the Rockets’ defensive work has been weak: Only Sacramento and Charlotte rank behind Houston in defensive rating. But things are not going well in the forward play either, because with just under 106 points per 100 possessions, the Rockets do not rank more than fourth-last in the NBA in this rating either.
On the offensive side, however, Christian Wood on the side of the guests has to be taken out of the basic criticism. The 26-year-old centre delivered more than 20 points in four of the past five games. In addition, Wood has been a reliable glass-cleaner this season, pulling down an average of eleven rebounds – eighth-best in the NBA!
Indiana Pacers – Houston Rockets Tip
For the clash between the Indiana Pacers and Houston Rockets, the forecast includes a home win with at least a nine-point difference. Although the home side is not in too good a shape at the moment, this is no less true for their opponent. In addition, the Texans have to play a back-to-back, which is why they are at a physical disadvantage.
Furthermore, the home advantage speaks for the prediction of a clear success for the hosts: The Pacers are significantly weaker on the road away from home. Only Detroit in the East and the upcoming opponent as well as Portland in the West present themselves weaker in their guest games. Indiana, on the other hand, has won ten of its 13 games at home this season!
Unibet offers betting odds of 1.91 for the Pacers’ game against the Rockets.
