NBA HOUSTON Matchup 20180429

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NBA : Teaser Line Matchup

Sunday 4/29/2018

Line

$ Line

OU Line

Score

UTAH

HOUSTON

+11.5

-11.5

+500

-750

206

96
Final
110

UTAH (52 - 36) at HOUSTON (69 - 18)

Sunday, 4/29/2018 3:35 PM

Western Conference - Semifinals - Best of 7 - Game 1

Board		Side	Total
553	UTAH	+15.5	Over 202
554	HOUSTON	-7.5	Under 210

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ADVANCED TEAM STATS

UTAH - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread		Team				Opponent
	W-L	Units	W-L	O-U	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.
All Games	52-36	+9.7	46-42	42-45	104.2	50.9	46.1%	51.1	99.9	48.2	44.8%	49.2
Road Games	21-23	+1.6	22-22	24-19	103.8	49.4	45.7%	50.2	103.2	48.8	46.1%	49.9
Last 5 Games	4-1	+3.4	3-2	2-3	105.0	53.2	45.1%	57.8	98.2	46.6	41.9%	52.4
Playoff Games	4-2	+2.4	3-3	3-3	105.5	52.3	45.4%	55.8	101.2	47.8	43.0%	52.3

UTAH Team Statistics
			Shooting		3pt Shooting		Free Throws		Rebounding
	PPG	Half	FGM-A	Pct	FGM-A	PCT	FTM-A	Pct	Tot	Off	Ast	PF	Stl	TO	Bk
Team Stats (All Games)	104.2	50.9	38-83	46.1%	11-30	36.5%	17-22	77.1%	51	9	22	20	9	14	5
vs opponents surrendering	106.4	53.6	40-86	46.1%	11-29	36.2%	17-22	76.5%	51	10	23	20	8	14	5
Team Stats (Road Games)	103.8	49.4	38-83	45.7%	11-29	37.8%	17-21	78.6%	50	9	23	19	8	14	5
Stats Against (All Games)	99.9	48.2	37-83	44.8%	10-26	36.5%	16-21	77.1%	49	9	20	21	8	14	5
vs opponents averaging	106.7	53.8	40-86	46.0%	10-29	36.0%	17-22	76.3%	52	10	23	20	8	14	5
Stats Against (Road Games)	103.2	48.8	39-85	46.1%	9-26	36.5%	15-20	77.5%	50	9	21	20	9	14	5

HOUSTON - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread		Team				Opponent
	W-L	Units	W-L	O-U	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.
All Games	69-18	+23	44-41	37-49	112.2	58.2	45.9%	51.4	103.7	52.0	46.2%	50.8
Home Games	37-7	+5.8	19-24	20-24	114.0	59.6	46.2%	52.8	104.3	52.6	46.2%	50.6
Last 5 Games	4-1	+1.8	3-2	3-2	110.4	53.0	44.5%	51.8	101.6	49.4	46.0%	53.6
Playoff Games	4-1	+1.8	3-2	3-2	110.4	53.0	44.5%	51.8	101.6	49.4	46.0%	53.6

HOUSTON Team Statistics
			Shooting		3pt Shooting		Free Throws		Rebounding
	PPG	Half	FGM-A	Pct	FGM-A	PCT	FTM-A	Pct	Tot	Off	Ast	PF	Stl	TO	Bk
Team Stats (All Games)	112.2	58.2	39-84	45.9%	15-42	36.1%	19-25	77.9%	51	9	22	19	8	13	5
vs opponents surrendering	106.5	53.6	40-86	46.1%	11-29	36.2%	17-22	76.8%	51	10	23	20	8	14	5
Team Stats (Home Games)	114.0	59.6	39-85	46.2%	15-43	35.5%	20-26	76.6%	53	9	22	19	9	13	5
Stats Against (All Games)	103.7	52.0	39-85	46.2%	10-28	35.3%	15-20	74.5%	51	9	22	20	7	14	4
vs opponents averaging	106.1	53.4	40-86	46.1%	10-28	36.0%	17-22	76.8%	51	10	23	20	8	14	5
Stats Against (Home Games)	104.3	52.6	40-86	46.2%	10-28	34.4%	15-21	74.2%	51	9	22	21	7	14	4

Average power rating of opponents played: UTAH 96, HOUSTON 95.7

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

UTAH - Season Results
								Team Stats				Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Tot.	O/U	Shots	Pct	REB	TO	Shots	Pct	REB	TO
3/20/2018	ATLANTA	94-99	L	-13.5	L	208	U	33-89	37.1%	58	16	38-94	40.4%	62	13
3/22/2018	@ DALLAS	119-112	W	-8	L	199.5	O	46-87	52.9%	43	11	42-85	49.4%	45	14
3/23/2018	@ SAN ANTONIO	120-124	L	3.5	L	194	O	43-88	48.9%	42	15	47-92	51.1%	58	13
3/25/2018	@ GOLDEN STATE	110-91	W	-9	W	198	O	42-87	48.3%	58	14	38-91	41.8%	45	11
3/28/2018	BOSTON	94-97	L	-10.5	L	193.5	U	34-82	41.5%	53	16	35-79	44.3%	48	16
3/30/2018	MEMPHIS	107-97	W	-15	L	196.5	O	40-74	54.1%	49	15	39-81	48.1%	43	13
4/1/2018	@ MINNESOTA	121-97	W	-3	W	207.5	O	46-76	60.5%	51	16	38-90	42.2%	39	12
4/3/2018	LA LAKERS	117-110	W	-11	L	207.5	O	43-89	48.3%	57	14	36-74	48.6%	49	16
4/5/2018	LA CLIPPERS	117-95	W	-8	W	211.5	O	44-83	53.0%	48	9	35-79	44.3%	50	16
4/8/2018	@ LA LAKERS	112-97	W	-9.5	W	207.5	O	42-83	50.6%	55	18	37-93	39.8%	53	12
4/10/2018	GOLDEN STATE	119-79	W	-8.5	W	210.5	U	48-90	53.3%	62	15	30-86	34.9%	41	15
4/11/2018	@ PORTLAND	93-102	L	2	L	202.5	U	33-89	37.1%	62	14	41-89	46.1%	52	10
4/15/2018	@ OKLAHOMA CITY	108-116	L	4.5	L	205	O	41-87	47.1%	46	14	41-85	48.2%	52	17
4/18/2018	@ OKLAHOMA CITY	102-95	W	3.5	W	208.5	U	35-84	41.7%	65	14	36-90	40.0%	54	13
4/21/2018	OKLAHOMA CITY	115-102	W	-4.5	W	207	O	42-80	52.5%	56	19	37-78	47.4%	37	17
4/23/2018	OKLAHOMA CITY	113-96	W	-5	W	207.5	O	41-91	45.1%	60	11	33-84	39.3%	54	14
4/25/2018	@ OKLAHOMA CITY	99-107	L	2	L	207.5	U	33-81	40.7%	56	16	39-89	43.8%	52	8
4/27/2018	OKLAHOMA CITY	96-91	W	-7	L	206.5	U	37-81	45.7%	52	13	37-93	39.8%	65	13
4/29/2018	@ HOUSTON
5/2/2018	@ HOUSTON
5/4/2018	HOUSTON
5/6/2018	HOUSTON

HOUSTON - Season Results
								Team Stats				Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Tot.	O/U	Shots	Pct	REB	TO	Shots	Pct	REB	TO
3/20/2018	@ PORTLAND	115-111	W	-4	T	218	O	38-79	48.1%	50	9	40-81	49.4%	48	8
3/22/2018	DETROIT	100-96	W	-10.5	L	212.5	U	35-99	35.4%	66	12	40-95	42.1%	72	15
3/24/2018	NEW ORLEANS	114-91	W	-8.5	W	225	U	45-93	48.4%	58	19	38-96	39.6%	53	16
3/25/2018	ATLANTA	118-99	W	-13.5	W	215.5	O	44-90	48.9%	49	11	39-88	44.3%	48	13
3/27/2018	CHICAGO	118-86	W	-13.5	W	213	U	41-93	44.1%	55	10	34-89	38.2%	62	18
3/30/2018	PHOENIX	104-103	W	-17.5	L	216	U	35-81	43.2%	46	10	41-84	48.8%	56	17
4/1/2018	@ SAN ANTONIO	83-100	L	1	L	205	U	26-77	33.8%	51	9	40-81	49.4%	53	8
4/3/2018	WASHINGTON	120-104	W	-8.5	W	217	O	43-84	51.2%	53	9	38-72	52.8%	38	17
4/5/2018	PORTLAND	96-94	W	-11	L	211.5	U	34-73	46.6%	45	15	39-85	45.9%	54	18
4/7/2018	OKLAHOMA CITY	102-108	L	-4	L	220.5	U	36-76	47.4%	52	17	36-91	39.6%	57	11
4/10/2018	@ LA LAKERS	105-99	W	-8	L	218	U	37-88	42.0%	54	18	38-90	42.2%	52	17
4/11/2018	@ SACRAMENTO	83-96	L	2.5	L	201	U	31-82	37.8%	47	14	38-80	47.5%	57	11
4/15/2018	MINNESOTA	104-101	W	-11.5	L	215	U	39-83	47.0%	48	11	35-80	43.7%	53	13
4/18/2018	MINNESOTA	102-82	W	-10.5	W	216	U	35-96	36.5%	65	9	31-80	38.7%	56	16
4/21/2018	@ MINNESOTA	105-121	L	-5.5	L	214.5	O	37-81	45.7%	49	10	45-90	50.0%	55	7
4/23/2018	@ MINNESOTA	119-100	W	-6	W	217	O	40-92	43.5%	51	6	39-84	46.4%	58	16
4/25/2018	MINNESOTA	122-104	W	-12	W	217.5	O	45-88	51.1%	46	4	40-79	50.6%	46	8
4/29/2018	UTAH
5/2/2018	UTAH
5/4/2018	@ UTAH
5/6/2018	@ UTAH

KEY GAME INFORMATION

UTAH: The Jazz could be challenged to secure a second consecutive playoff berth, which would mean back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time this decade. While the West got deeper, the Jazz lost their lone All-Star in Gordon Hayward and second-leading scorer in George Hill. That means Rodney Hood enters his fourth season on a contract year with much more responsibility on his shoulders. When Hayward and Hill left they took a combined 38.8 points per game with them and the Jazz didn't sign any true scoring threats. Hood, a slick-shooting lefty, has his sights on the most improved player award. Utah will remain one of the best defensive teams in the league with Rudy Gobert as the anchor, but scoring will be difficult.

HOUSTON: After being eliminated by the Spurs in the conference semifinals, the Rockets made a bold move by trading for Chris Paul to give Houston another All-Star to play with Harden and try to narrow the gap in the Western Conference. It will be interesting to see how head coach Mike D'Antoni's offense runs with both Paul and Harden in it. Paul gets a fresh start in Houston after being dogged by criticism in recent years for failing to get the Clippers out of the second round of the playoffs. The Rockets expect him to be the piece that gets them into the conference finals after coming up just short last year. The defense should be better after not only adding Paul, but also P.J. Tucker to a unit that lost defensive specialist Patrick Beverley in the trade with the Clippers.

PREVIEW

Jazz may be without Rubio against Rockets

HOUSTON -- The celebration in Salt Lake City, well-deserved following a tense and hard-fought series victory over Oklahoma City, went from unbridled to muted on Saturday with the news that Utah Jazz starting point guard Ricky Rubio could miss up to 10 days with a left hamstring injury.

Rubio has been declared out for Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinal series against Houston Rockets, which is set to commence on Sunday at Toyota Center.

Rubio enjoyed a spike in productivity in his first season with the Jazz, posting career highs in points (13.1) and effective field goal percentage (47.6). His triple-double (26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) in Game 3 against the Thunder enabled Utah to wrest control of the series, a stranglehold it did not relinquish in claiming the series in six games. Rubio sustained the injury early in Game 6.

The loss of Rubio stacked on top of the quick turnaround makes for an arduous chore.

"I think playing Houston is a challenge in and of itself," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. "Our staff is prepared and we will be able to give all that to our team. They're such a unique team that I don't know how you ... we have to compete is the main thing.

"Whatever the game planning and all those things, like I said, they're so good. They've been the best team in the league all year. They beat us and we know how good they are. We'll just do what we can to get ready and get out there and try not to think about being fatigued or anything like that. Get healthy, try to get our minds right, and compete and see where it goes."

With Rubio sidelined, the Jazz opted to split facilitating duties between dynamic rookie guard Donovan Mitchell and savvy veteran wing Joe Ingles. The results were mixed, with Utah bogging down for spells, allowing the Thunder to close to within a single possession in the latter stages.

But Utah persevered throughout the season, first overcoming the loss of free agent Gordon Hayward to Boston and then trudging along as stalwart center Rudy Gobert missed 26 games.

"We've been a great team all year sticking together through the ups and downs," Ingles said. "(Game 6) was just another example of that."

The Rockets held a decisive advantage entering the series even before the Rubio news. Houston swept the four-game season series by an average of 17.5 points. The Rockets won the last meeting on Feb. 26 despite the absences of Clint Capela and Eric Gordon, who scored a season-high 33 points in the Rockets' 120-99 victory over the Jazz on Dec. 18, the only game of the series that Gobert, a Defensive Player of the Year frontrunner, missed.

Rockets guard James Harden, the leading candidate to claim league MVP honors, averaged 34.3 points (with an impressive .554/.432/.907 slash line), 6.3 rebounds, and 6.8 assists against Utah. In their first-round series against Minnesota, the Rockets adjusted to Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns dropping back to protect the paint from Harden rim runs, a strategy that enjoyed moderate success but could prove more effective with Gobert defending the rim.

"They've got scrappy defenders and they funnel everything to Gobert, a 7-foot-2 guy that's top three in shot-blocking contesting and making shots tough," Harden said.

"That series helped us a little bit in the sense that a big is back, Gobert is going to be back. Defensively Gobert is better (than Towns). It prepared us a little bit in that aspect but we're ready for anything. We've seen a lot of different defenses all year. We just watch film and figure out ways to attack."

Houston received a measure of good news in advance of the series opener, elevating reserve forward Luc Mbah a Moute to questionable with a right shoulder injury. Mbah a Moute missed the first-round series after dislocating his shoulder in the penultimate game of the season.

Last Updated: 5/4/2024 6:22:38 AM EST.