Jazz/Rockets Defensive War (Erik Scheponik)
The Houston/Utah series is turning into a real Jerry Sloan/Jeff Van Gundy defensive chess match. The Rockets have not shot higher than 39% in any of the 3 games, and amazingly had ONLY 4 PLAYERS SCORE in Thursday night’s loss. On defense they have done a great job of keeping Utah off the FT line, as the Jazz were 2nd in the league during the regular season at 29.9 FTA/game. They’ve only gone to the stripe 52 times total in 3 games. They certainly haven’t helped their cause either, as they’ve made only 35 of those freebies.
Steve Merril
The sharp money got crushed in Games 1 & 3 as the Over/Under line rose nearly 3 points in each game and proceeded to go Under by 30 and 40 points each.
It is interesting to note that the sharp money has now come in on the Under in Game 4, dropping the opening O/U line of 186.5 down two full points to 184.5 already by Saturday morning.
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