5* - Houston Rockets (+9?)
There is not a chance in hell that the Jazz will cover this number tonight. While Houston is admittedly in the midst a very poor road trip, they match up well against Utah. Kirilenko has been doing a fine job of leading this team down the stretch in hopes of beating out New Orleans for the last playoff spot, but he simply has not played well against Yao Ming by averaging just 10.5 points on 26.3% shooting (5 of 19) with just five blocks and 10 turnovers in two games this season.
Don?t expect Houston?s Alston to miss all 11 shots tonight as he did yesterday in Sacramento and I think that it is safe to say that Yao will play better than the six turnovers, five fouls and no blocks that he logged in that game as well. He is still averaging 23.4 points and 11.8 rebounds per game on this road trip and should continue his past domination of Kirilenko.
There is not a chance in hell that the Jazz will cover this number tonight. While Houston is admittedly in the midst a very poor road trip, they match up well against Utah. Kirilenko has been doing a fine job of leading this team down the stretch in hopes of beating out New Orleans for the last playoff spot, but he simply has not played well against Yao Ming by averaging just 10.5 points on 26.3% shooting (5 of 19) with just five blocks and 10 turnovers in two games this season.
Don?t expect Houston?s Alston to miss all 11 shots tonight as he did yesterday in Sacramento and I think that it is safe to say that Yao will play better than the six turnovers, five fouls and no blocks that he logged in that game as well. He is still averaging 23.4 points and 11.8 rebounds per game on this road trip and should continue his past domination of Kirilenko.
