Houston at Minnesota

These teams met in Houston last week, and the Rockets prevailed, but Minnesota got the cover. Houston is not the same team on the road as they are at home, as they stand just 4-4 on the road. Minnesota is ranked #3 in points allowed per game, and that doesn't bode well for the Rockets tonight. The four road wins were all to teams with a worse record than Minnesota's, and have an average points allowed ranking of 19! (NYK #23, MIA #15, MIL #28, and MEM #9). Minnesota has been a covering machine, that coincides with a team that plays defense. They have covered 7 of their last 8, and tonight we expect them to make it 8 of 9.