NBA odds: Rockets vs. Celtics, Philadelphia at Utah

Betting preview with odds and point spread of the Wednesday NBA games Houston Rockets vs. Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers vs. Utah Jazz.

NBA odds: Rockets vs. Celtics, Philadelphia at Utah At this section we will look into two of the Wednesday's NBA games with the highest betting odds and point spread. Starting with the ultimate favorite Boston Celtics (26-3), who will welcome the Houston Rockets (15-16) tonight. Among the many qualities of the Celtics players, Boston is third in the league in field goal percentage at 47.3, the Celtics are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 86.8 points per game and have the best field goal percentage against in the league allowing 41.4. Meanwhile Houston allows the third least field goal percentage against in the league at 43.4 and will be the biggest underdog of the Wednesday NBA line-up. The odds on the Rockets to win the game at the online sportsbook Bookmaker (new window) are currently sitting at -900 and the odds on the Celtics to win the game are listed as +650. The point spread on the Houston Rockets vs. Boston Celtics is favoring the Celtics -11 points, the highest point spread today, with the total sitting at only 181 points. Keep in mind that Houston is 4-2 against the spread in its last 6 games and Boston is 5-1 against the spread in its last 6 games. Also, the total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games when playing Houston.

The Wednesday NBA game between the Philadelphia 76ers (14-17) and the Utah Jazz (17-16) does not offer betting odds as high as the previous one, but still ranks second in the lineup tonight. The betting odds on Utah to win the Wednesday game are posted as -425 at Bookmaker and the odds on the 76ers are listed at +325. The point spread on the Philadelphia 76ers vs. Utah Jazz is favoring Utah -9 points with total at 196 points. Although Philadelphia is third last in the league in three points made with 4.3 per game, Utah is last in the league scoring three points made with 3.8 per game. But Utah has the second best field goal percentage at 48.9. It will be interesting game, when you consider that Utah Jazz is 8-3 against the spread in its last 11 games at home, but the Philadelphia 76ers are 8-2 against the spread in their last 10 games on the road. The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah's last 9 games when playing Philadelphia.

Published on 01/02/2008