The San Antonio Spurs are 13-4 straight up and 9-8 against the spread in their last 17 home games against the Houston Rockets. With the series tied at two games apiece, San Antonio has home court advantage with two of the last three games played at home.
Rockets vs. Spurs 2017 odds: San Antonio betting favorite in pivotal Game 5 on Tuesday
The San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets clash in Game 5 of their second-round series Tuesday, with Kawhi Leonard and company seeking a bounceback effort.
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San Antonio is a 5.5-point betting favorite in Game 5 for Tuesday night at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Spurs closed as a 6-point favorite in both Game 1 and Game 2 in San Antonio.
San Antonio Spurs
Coming off an embarrassing 126-99 loss at home in the series opener, the Spurs flipped the script on the series with a 121-96 win in Game 2. San Antonio followed that up with a 103-92 road win in Houston and appeared to be in total control, but a 125-104 loss in Game 4 evened the series up and once again left fans and bettors guessing as to what will happen the rest of the way.
Kawhi Leonard has averaged 30 points per game in the Spurs’ two wins in this series and 18.5 points per game in the team’s two losses.
The Spurs are 17-6 SU and ATS in their last 23 postseason games at home per the OddsShark NBA Database.
Betting Line / Total: San Antonio -5.5 / 214.5 Points
Houston Rockets
The recipe in both of Houston’s blowout wins in this series has been the same; pass the ball to find the open shot, and hit the three. The Rockets have averaged 29 assists per game and shot 44.1 percent from behind the arc in their two wins and have 19.5 assists per game and 31.5 percent three-point shooting in their two losses.
Houston has proven that it can control the tempo in this series, but will need to do so at least one more time in San Antonio to advance into the conference finals.
Tuesday night’s total is set at 214.5 points on the Vegas lines. The OVER is 7-1 in San Antonio’s last eight games.
Through the first four games of this series, one team has been a clear step ahead of the other. In this critical Game 5, it will be interesting to see if that trend continues, or if we finally see the first close game of this series.
Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs
When: Tuesday, May 9, 8 p.m. ET
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio
