Houston Rockets at L.A. Clippers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 62-30 L.A. Clippers host the 61-29 Houston Rockets in Game 6 of a Western Conference semifinals series on 5/14/2015 at STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA; Tipoff is at 10:30 PM ET.

Betting Odds
Point Spread: Clippers -8.5
Over/Under Total Line: 219.5

In Game 5 in Houston the Rockets beat the Clippers 124-103 and covered the spread as a 3-point underdog. Houston had failed to cover the spread in their previous 4 games. The total for Game 5 went Over, which has been the winning bet for every game in this series. In their last 10 games the Rockets are 5-5 ATS and they have an O/U record of 8-2.

This season the Rockets are 23-17 ATS at home and 23-22 ATS on the road. Houston has not covered the spread in either of the games in L.A. in this series and have not covered in their last 3 games overall. The Rockets have an O/U home record of 24-24 and an O/U road record of 25-20. The Over has been the winning be in the last 4 road games for Houston.

The Clippers lost and did not cover in Game 5 in Houston and they had covered in the first 4 games of this series. In this series the total has gone Over every time and that has been the winning bet in 8 of L.A.’s last 9 games overall. In their last 10 games the Clippers are 7-3.

This season the Clippers are 19-27 ATS at home and 26-22-1 ATS on the road. They had covered the spread in their previous 4 games on the road before failing to do so in Game 5 in Houston. L.A. has an O/U home record of 19-26-2 and an O/U road record of 25-21-1. In 4 of their last 5 road games, including their last 3, the Over has been the winning bet.

While the Over has been the winning bet in every game in this series the Under was the winning bet in all 4 regular season match ups between these 2 teams. The Clippers covered the spread in the first 4 games of this series as well in the first 2 regular season games facing the Rockets.

Key Betting Trends

HOU is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
HOU is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games.
HOU has an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 road games.
LA is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
LA is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 home games.
LA has an Over record of 5-0 in their last 5 games.

Injury Report

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

LOS ANGELES
Jordan Hamilton G Out Indefinitely (head)

Consensus Betting ATS
Houston: 56%
Los Angeles: 44%

Free NBA Pick

The Rockets staved off elimination in the Game 5 win at home, but to force a game 7 at home they have to beat a Clippers team, who they lost to by a combined 58 points in Games 3 and 4. L.A. had played solid all-around games in the wins in Games 3 and 4, but in Game 5 they only shot 41.8% from the floor and they allowed the Rockets to shoot 54.1%. The Rockets are 5-1 at home in this post-season, but only 1-3 on the road.

The Clippers have never made it to the conference finals, but that will change tonight with a win in Game 6. However, the Rockets will not get blown out like they did in Games 3 and 4 with the confidence they have from the Game 5 win. L.A. will win and close out the series, but Houston will cover the spread.

Take the ROCKETS +8.5