Houston Rockets vs Phoenix Suns Prediction: the Rockets will beat the Suns

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on February 13. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Houston Rockets

The Rockets hosted Toronto on their court last game, and before that they lost six meetings in a row. In this stretch, the team failed twice against Brooklyn (98:110 at home and 97:99 away), and also lost away to New York (118:124) and direct rivals in the Western Conference - Dallas (105:116), Minnesota (114:127) and Memphis (119:120).

It's clear that in a home game against the Raptors, Houston couldn't afford to falter. In the end, it did not falter, winning a very low-scoring game - 94:87. However, the Texans worsened their tournament situation. The Rockets missed the Los Angeles Lakers and dropped to fifth place in the Western Conference standings.

Phoenix Suns

The Suns played three consecutive home games before travelling to Houston and won only one of them. Only at the end of overtime the team coped with the Western Conference outsider Utah - 135:127 (122:122), and then lost without much chance of success to Denver (105:122) and Memphis (112:119).

Thus, Phoenix fell below the mark of 50% of wins and now with a balance of 26-27 takes 11th place in the Western Conference. The Suns are only 1.0 wins behind Golden State, who are in the top 10, but after the Warriors signed Jimmy Butler and the Suns didn't, they don't look like favourites in this race.

H2H Meetings

The rivals have not met yet this season, and last season they finished the season series with a 2:2 draw.

Betting Stats

• Phoenix has three consecutive away defeats.
• Phoenix has scored more than 223 points in 7 of their last 9 away games.
• Houston has failed to reach 116 points in five consecutive home matches.
• Phoenix has scored 108 or more points in 8 of their last 9 away games.

Expert Betting Tips

Not only is Phoenix in bad shape, but they'll be playing back-to-back games. Yesterday, the Suns spent a lot of effort against Memphis, the second team in the Western Conference, and put up a good fight against the Grizzlies. The team from Arizona probably won't have enough for a meeting with the Rockets. We'll bet on a solid win for Houston, as well as a total under - the Rockets are ranked sixth in defence, and only 17th in offence.

Total Under 224.5 for 1.91

Total Under 224.5 for 1.87

Handicap 1 (-6.5) for 1.93