Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors Odds - Pick - Oct 17/2017
Date:
October 17, 10:35 pm
Location:
Oracle Center
TV:
TNT
Betting Odds
Point Spread:
GS -9.5
Total:
231.5
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The Houston Rockets will travel to Oakland, CA to face off with the Golden State Warriors at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California to open up the 2017 NBA Season. The contest will be a match-up of the 2016 Western Conference Quarterfinals. The Warriors come in as the defending NBA Champions on the heels of a dominant playoff run that consisted of Golden State ousting Portland, Utah, and San Antonio in successive sweeps. Golden State would win the rubber match of the previous three NBA Finals when they took down LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tip-off is scheduled for 10:35 PM and is to be aired on TNT
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Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors Betting Overview
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The talk of the town is the emergence of NBA super-teams. With Golden State, that superlative would painfully obvious. In 2016, Kevin Durant came to Oakland and put together a MVP performance in the NBA finals. With Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and Andre Iguodala to complement their starting core. The question was who can challenge the Warriors in 2017?
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Some perceive that Houston may be that team. The Rockets added star point guard Chris Paul to their roster in the off-season to complement perhaps the best shooter in the game, James Harden. The Rockets were one of the NBA’s best teams overall in 2016 but couldn’t take their franchise to the next level. CP3 was brought in to do just that.
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Key Betting Trends<br />
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Being a defending NBA Champion, the Warriors are prone to being overvalued. This is especially true when they are at the Oracle Arena. Nevertheless, the Rockets are 1-4 ATS in their previous five meetings with Golden State.
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Public Money<br />
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In the early going, we have seen a small initial line on the Warriors with the points as the market has decreased by half of a point since its open.
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Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors Prediction 10/17/2017
While the points are tempting, the proposition seems too good to be true. Usually when it transpires that way, it almost certainly is. We have yet to see how CP3 meshes with The Beard. The experiment can be one of utter brilliance or disastrous consequences. What we do know is that the Warriors are a well-oiled machine and are undoubtedly light-years above the rest of the league in terms of quality. The Warriors are also virtually unbeatable in the Oracle Center. Though last year, in their season opener at the Oracle they were lambasted by the visiting San Antonio Spurs. A presiding opinion as that a similar feat may happen here to kick off 2017. However, this will be highly unlikely as personnel chemistry will be far less volatile compared to this time last year.
Free Pick:
Golden State -9.5 (KF)
