Playing Houston for the outright victory tonight. Lines moving in dogs (my) favor at +400.
Advantage: Houston<p>Houston and Indiana are both bad squads so far. Houston seems to match up well vs. Indy. winning
6 of their last 8 against the Pacers in Indiana.<p>The rockets are 39-19 all-time against Indiana so they certainly have a mental edge coming in. "Hey we allways play these guys tough" type attitude.<p>Rockets are trying to snap their longest losing streak in 24 seasons tonight, and I think they'll do it.<p>Rudy's recent quotes ``Right now, I have to say honestly that we have to steal games,'' Tomjanovich said. ``You don't lose that many guys and not be that way. I've got guys that are just learning the NBA. They haven't even been to every NBA city and they're out there trying to help us win games.''........<p>and their still only 4 basket underdogs????<p>``To the guy who doesn't see the game and doesn't see our guys diving on the floor, they pick up the paper and say `The Rockets are horrible,'' Tomjanovich said. ``Our guys might run into people that feel that way. I tell them and I show them I don't feel that way about them.'' <p>The Rockets fell behind 20 points early against the Cavaliers, which disturbed Mobley. <p>``I was really upset about the first quarter,'' Mobley said. ``We went into the game 0-and-10 and we were flat. We should have known Cleveland would come right at us and we should have been in their faces from the beginning.'' <p>Tonight the rockets will be ready.....EARLY<p>If your a Numbers guy, Indy should be favored by at least 12. Currenty they're a 9' point dog (and climbing)........<p>Houston does not need the points tonight.<p>
To the Indiana Pacers, keep switching lineups, playing 10 guys and indiscriminately benching key players at crunch time, Isiah. That stuff always works at the NBA level. <p>Houston does not need the points tonight.<p>Over.
