NBA Playoff Pick: Houston Rockets @ Utah Jazz u180.0 (-110)
Fri May 2 ‘08 10:35p - Click Here for NBA Odds
The Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets have gone Under in four of the first five games of this series, and we expect a carbon copy tonight.

In fact, besides Houston’s 94-92 win in the only Over in Game 3, none of the four Unders have exceeded 175 total points scored, with those contests averaging just a combined 170.3 points. Then again, low scoring games are nothing new for the Rockets, as the Under is now 50-36-1, 58.1 percent in all Houston games this season combining regular season and playoffs.

Now the Jazz obviously prefer a faster pace as they are averaging 105.1 points per game for the year. However, they have not been able to solve this Houston defense this series, as the 93 points they scored in Game 1 is still their highest output so far. In fact, going back even further, the Under is 11-5 in the last 16 head-to-head meetings between these teams here in Utah.

Now the Jazz are not nearly as bad as they looked in their 94-69 loss at Houston in Game 5, but they may still be hard-pressed to score much more than 90 points here. Since we still feel that Utah will win this game, this means that we do not expect more than 175 total points at the most.

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