Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 76-17 Golden State Warriors host the 64-31 Houston Rockets in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on 5/21/2015 at ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA; Tipoff is at 9:00 PM ET.

Betting Odds
Point Spread: Warriors -10.5
Over/Under Total Line: 220

In Game 1 of this series the Rockets were on the road and lost to the Warriors 110-106, but they did cover the spread as a 10-point underdog. Houston has covered the spread in their last 4 games. The total for Game 1 went Under, which is the 2nd straight game for the Rockets where that has been the winning bet. In their last 10 games Houston is 5-5 ATS and they have an O/U record of 7-3.

On the season the Rockets are 31-17 ATS at home and 25-22 ATS on the road. Houston has covered the spread in their last 2 road games, but failed to do so in their previous 3. Houston has an O/U home record of 23-25 and an O/U road record of 26-21. In their last game on the road the total went Under while the Over was the winning bet in their previous 4 games.

The Warriors won Game 1 to take a 1-0 lead in the series, but they failed to cover as the 10-point favorite. Before Game 1 of this series Golden State had covered the spread in 3 straight games. The total for Game 1 went Under while the Over was the winning bet in their previous game. In their last 10 games Golden State is 5-5 ATS and they have an O/U record of 2-8.

This season the Warriors are 28-18-1 ATS at home and 24-22 ATS on the road. They have not covered the spread in 2 of their last 3 home games including their last one. Golden State has an O/U home record of 22-24-1 and an O/U road record of 19-27. In their last 5 home games the total has gone Under every time.

The Warriors won all 4 regular season games against the Rockets and covered as well, but did not cover in the Game 1 win. In the 5 games between these 2 teams this season the O/U record is 2-3.

Key Betting Trends

HOU is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall.
HOU is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games following a ATS win.
HOU has an Over record of 5-1 in their last 6 games.
GS is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 home games.
GS is 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games following a S.U. win.
GS has an Under record of 5-0-1 in their last 6 home games.

Injury Report

HOUSTON
Patrick Beverley G Out Indefinitely (wrist)
Dwight Howard C Day-to-Day (knee)
K.J. McDaniels G Out For Season (elbow)
Donatas Motiejunas F Out Indefinitely (back)

GOLDEN STATE
Marreese Speights F Out Indefinitely (calf)

Consensus Betting ATS
Houston: 66%
Golden State: 34%

Free NBA Pick

The big question for the Rockets in this game is will Dwight Howard play? He sustained a knee injury, which cost him 41 games in the regular season and he will be a game-time decision tonight. In Game 1 the Warriors came back from a 16-point deficit in the 2nd quarter and Stephen Curry had a big game going for 34 points including hitting 6 of his 11 3-pointers.

In the regular season the Warriors beat the Rockets by an average of 15.3 ppg in the 4 meetings and only won Game 1 by 4 points. I think Howard will go tonight and while the Warriors will get the win it will be another close game and the Rockets will cover the spread.

Take the ROCKETS +10.5