Rockets-Jazz Vegas Betting Odds

The Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz will both be gunning for a playoff victory on Friday when they meet at EnergySolutions Arena.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Jazz listed as 8-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Tracy McGrady dropped 29 points as the Rockets slammed the Jazz 95-69 to win Game 5 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series on Tuesday night.

Houston covered as 1-point home favorites as the teams played under the 182-point total listed by oddsmakers.

Luis Scola netted 18 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for the Rockets, who now trail the Jazz 3-2 in the best-of-seven matchup.

Carlos Boozer led Utah with 19 points and 10 boards, while Mehmet Okur went for 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz.

Team records:
Houston: 55-27 SU, 47-33-2 ATS
Utah: 54-28 SU, 46-36 ATS

Houston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
After playing Utah are 6-4
After a win are 5-5

Utah most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
After playing Houston are 7-3
After a loss are 10-0

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 18 of Houston's last 25 games when playing on the road against Utah
Houston is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Utah is 23-2 SU in its last 25 games at home
Utah is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games when playing Houston

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