NBA Playoff Betting Preview Game 4 Portland Trailblazers versus Houston Rockets

The Portland Trailblazers will look to bounce back in game 4 of their series with the Houston Rockets after dropping game 3 86-83. Houston leads the best of 7 series 2-1 and game 4 is scheduled for Sunday night at 9PM Eastern Time with TNT televising. The adjusted series price has the Houston Rockets –300 favorites to win this Western Conference Quarterfinal with the Portland Trailblazers +220 underdogs to come from behind and pull off the series victory. LVSC has sent out the opening point spread for game 4 and the Houston Rockets are 5-point favorites with the total lined at 182 ½. There has been movement to the underdog as the Rockets are currently a 4-½ point favorite. The total has saw action slightly downward as the over under is lined at 182.

The Houston Rockets lead this best of 7 NBA Western Conference Quarterfinal playoff series on the strength of their defense and shooting percentage. The Rockets have shot 51.4% from the field in this series. As Yao Ming has been the recipient of double teams Luis Scola has gotten good looks and has delivered with 58.8% shooting from the field. The 30-year-old forward from Argentina has averaged 17 points per game in this series. In game 3 Shane Battier contributed offensively with 16 points on 6-10 shooting from the field. With the Trailblazers focusing defensively on Yao and Artest it will be up to the other rotational players from Houston to contribute offensively for points. Portland has struggled offensively in 2 of the three games this series putting up a mere 81 points in game 1 and 83 in game 3. In their losses Blazer forward LaMarcus Aldridge hit on only 9-27 from the field. After scoring 42 points in game 2, Portland shooter Branden Roy contributed with 19 points in game 3.

Trend: The Under is 6-1 in Portland last 7 road games

The Wagerline consensus has 69% of the bettors on Houston –4 1/2

The Wagerline consensus has 58.8% of the bettors playing over 182

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