Los Angeles Clippers at Houston Rockets Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 56-26 Houston Rockets host the 56-26 Los Angeles Clippers tonight in Game 2 of the 2nd round of playoffs at the Toyota Center, May 6, 2015. Tip-off time is scheduled for 9:30PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Point Spread: Rockets -7
O/U Total: 214

The L.A Clippers will look to make it two in a row after shocking many bettors with a spirited 117-101 Game 1 victory as a 7.5 point underdog. Tonight’s Game 2 is scheduled for 9:30 PM ET at the Toyota Center in Houston. Then Rockets are once again the point spread favorite with the sportsbooks saddling them with 7 points. The total for the match is on the betting board at 213.5 points.
It would have not come as a surprise for the Clippers to fade after trailing by 6 after the 1st quarter or for the Rockets to come on strong and roll over the weary visitor. Instead Los Angeles took it to the Houston in the second half scoring 71 point in a 71-51 beat down to win the game with authority.

Six players hit double digits for the Clippers with Blake Griffin scoring a game high 26 points and a game high in rebounds with 14. Jamal Crawford had 21, Matt Barnes 20, J.J. Redick and Austin Rivers with 17 apiece and DeAndre Jordan with 10.
For the Rockets Dwight Howard led the scoring with 22 points followed by James Harden with 20, Trevor Ariza with 17, Pablo Prigioni 11 and Jason Terry with 10 to round out the two digit scorers.

Los Angeles at Houston Betting Trends

The Clippers are 11-1 straight up in their last 12 road games.
L.A. is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games on the road in Houston.
The game total has gone under in 4 of the Clippers last 6 games on the road in Houston.
The Rockets are 7-2 straight up in their last 9 games.
Houston is 2-7 against the spread in their last 9 games against Los Angeles.

Injury Report

LOS ANGELES
Jordan Hamilton G Out Indefinitely (head)
Chris Paul G Day-to-Day (hamstring)

HOUSTON
Patrick Beverley G Out For Season (wrist)
K.J. McDaniels G Out For Season (elbow)
Donatas Motiejunas F Out Indefinitely (back)

Consensus Betting ATS
Los Angeles: 53%
Houston: 47%

Free NBA Playoff Pick

Our consensus pick on the Clippers at Rockets opener was unanimously Houston. We were wrong and after breaking down every statistic that we could think of it comes down to this. These two teams have played 5 times this season with Los Angeles winning 3 of the 5 games, but more importantly in the two losses they lost by 2 and by 5. We took the same angle in Game 3 of the Clippers at Spurs series and watched our tickets go up in smoke in an embarrassing 100-73 loss but we’ll try it one more time here.

Take the L.A. Clippers +7‏