NBA Matchups


BOSTON CELTICS	HOUSTON ROCKETS

41-40

December 14, 8:00 PM | Toyota Center

45-37

RECENT FORM
TEAM	SU	ATS	OFF	DEF	DIFF
Boston	41-40	37-41-3	96.5	96.7	-0.2
Houston	45-37	41-40-1	106.0	102.5	3.5

TEAM	ATS HOME	ATS AWAY	OU	OU HOME	OU AWAY
Boston	22-17-1	15-24-2	42-38-1	21-18-1	21-20
Houston	24-17	17-23-1	41-41	20-21	21-20

SMART CHART
BOS	TEAM	HOU
96.5	PTS FOR	106.0
96.7	PTS AGNST	102.5
-0.2	DIFF.	3.5
31.3	DEF REBOUNDS	32.3
8.1	OFF REBOUNDS	11.1
46.5	FG%	46.1
77.6	FT%	75.4
6.1	3 POINTERS	10.6
8.2	STEALS	8.3

UPDATED ODDS

Date	Teams	Opening	OddsShark.com	BETONLINE.ag	SportsBetting.ag	5Dimes.eu
12/14/2012	Boston	-1½-110	-1½-110	206o-110	206o-110	207o-103
8:00 PM	Houston	206o-110	206o-110	-2½-110	-2½-110	-2½-107

INJURIES
BOSTON
PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
No Injuries to report.

HOUSTON
PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
No Injuries to report.

BETTING TRENDS
BOSTON
No trends to report
HOUSTON
No trends to report

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY
TEAM	SU	ATS	OU	AVG SCORE	AVG ½ SCORE	FG%	REB	3PT MADE	STEALS
Boston	5-5	4-6	6-4	94.3	48.7	46.1	37.8	41 - 137	9.5
Houston	5-5	6-4	6-4	96.5	49.9	44.7	41.8	81 - 207	7.3

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE

DAY

AWAY

PTS

HOME

PTS

HOMELINE

ATS

TOTAL

FG% EDGE

REB EDGE

3PT EDGE

03/06/2012

Tue

HOU

BOS

-4½

BOS

188½

BOS

HOU

03/18/2011

Fri

BOS

HOU

2½

HOU

196

HOU

01/10/2011

Mon

HOU

108

BOS

102

-9

HOU

198

HOU

04/02/2010

Fri

HOU

119

BOS

114

-11

HOU

202½

BOS

HOU

03/19/2010

Fri

BOS

HOU

BOS

202½

BOS

01/07/2009

Wed

HOU

BOS

-10

HOU

184½

HOU

11/04/2008

Tue

BOS

103

HOU

-3½

BOS

177½

BOS

HOU

03/18/2008

Tue

BOS

HOU

-4

BOS

179

BOS

HOU

01/02/2008

Wed

HOU

BOS

-11

HOU

180½

BOS

HOU

03/07/2007

Wed

HOU

111

BOS

6½

HOU

184

HOU

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES
BOSTON
DATE	DAY	SCORE	OPPONENT	SCORE	SU	LINE	TOTAL	FG%	FT%	3PT MADE	DAYS REST
12/12/2012	Wed	117	Dallas	115	W	-6	197½	43.0	83.3	6	3
12/08/2012	Sat	92	Philadelphia	79	W	-6½	185½	53.3	66.7	4	0
12/07/2012	Fri	94	at Philadelphia	95	L	2	188½	43.2	72.0	6	0
12/05/2012	Wed	104	Minnesota	94	W	-5½	193	52.6	69.2	4	2
12/01/2012	Sat	88	at Milwaukee	91	L	-3	195½	41.5	82.4	6	0

HOUSTON
DATE	DAY	SCORE	OPPONENT	SCORE	SU	LINE	TOTAL	FG%	FT%	3PT MADE	DAYS REST
12/12/2012	Wed	99	Washington	93	W	-10½	206	44.7	73.3	9	1
12/10/2012	Mon	126	San Antonio	134	L	7	212	42.3	77.8	16	1
12/08/2012	Sat	109	Dallas	116	L	-6½	209	48.6	71.1	12	-1
12/07/2012	Fri	92	at San Antonio	114	L	-8½	212½	38.9	87.5	11	2
12/04/2012	Tue	107	LA Lakers	105	W	-1	215	37.6	77.4	7	2

SUPERGRID
		RANK		RANK
Boston's Overall Scoring vs Houston's Overall Defense	96.5	18	102.5	28
Boston's Away Scoring vs Houston's Home Defense	94.6	22	101.0	27
Boston's Road Rebounds vs Houston's Home Rebounds Allowed	39.7	27	41.2	13
Houston's Overall Scoring vs Boston's Overall Defense	106.0	2	96.7	12
Houston's Home Scoring vs Boston's Road Defense	108.3	3	99.5	13
Houston's Home Rebounds vs Boston's Road Rebounds Allowed	44.4	6	43.4	21

TEAM NEWS

BOSTON

Boston Globe

HOUSTON

Houston Chronicle

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3
BOSTON
Boston has the second worst rebounds in the league at 39.3.
HOUSTON
Houston is the second highest scoring team in the league at 106.0 points per game.
Houston is second best in the league in three points made with 10.6 per game.
Houston has the third worst defence in the league, allowing 102.5 points per game.
Houston allows the second highest free throw percentage in the league at 77.6% per game.
Houston allows the third most three points made in the league with 8.1 per game.

POWER STATS
SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
TEAM	OFF	DEF	DIFF
Boston	46.5	44.1	2.4
Houston	46.1	45.4	0.6

REBOUNDING
TEAM	OFF	DEF	TOTAL
Boston	8.1	31.3	39.3
Houston	11.1	32.3	43.4

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO
TEAM	ASSISTS	TURNOVERS	RATIO
Boston	22.8	13.9	1.6
Houston	23.2	15.8	1.5

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE
BOSTON	SU	HOME	AWAY	ATS	ATS HOME	ATS AWAY	OFF	DEF	DIFF
Overall	41-40	27-13	14-27	37-41-3	22-17-1	15-24-2	96.5	96.7	-0.2
vs Div	7-9	3-5	4-4	7-8-1	3-5	4-3-1	95.7	95.9	-0.2
Last 10	4-6	3-2	1-4	4-6	2-3	2-3	100.7	102.3	-1.6
vs East	27-24	15-10	12-14	24-25-2	13-12	11-13-2	96.4	95.8	0.6
vs West	14-16	12-3	2-13	13-16-1	9-5-1	4-11	96.8	98.4	-1.7

HOUSTON	SU	HOME	AWAY	ATS	ATS HOME	ATS AWAY	OFF	DEF	DIFF
Overall	45-37	29-12	16-25	41-40-1	24-17	17-23-1	106.0	102.5	3.5
vs Div	6-10	5-3	1-7	6-10	4-4	2-6	102.8	102.1	0.7
Last 10	6-4	4-1	2-3	4-6	2-3	2-3	105.8	101.4	4.4
vs East	21-9	12-3	9-6	19-11	11-4	8-7	107.8	100.1	7.8
vs West	24-28	17-9	7-19	22-29-1	13-13	9-16-1	104.9	103.9	1.0

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