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I have a lot of respect for what the Rockets have done in the past few weeks, however I've seen their last two games and the team is giving everything they have and what they don't have to keep the streak alive. Making a comparison, they look like a orange ready to run out of juice. The team in the last ten games has an average of 23.1 assists/game, but in the last two games they had just 13 and 17 assists. Also in the last game, T-Mac played all the 48 minutes of the game! Against a team like the Bobcats, it's possible to do it, but not against a team like the Lakers. I've been following this team carefully and I've been saying that this team will lose in their next ball game. The team has been capable of getting blowout wins and they have been solving the games before the last two minutes of the games, but what will happen if the winner of the game is decided in the last play of the game? Let me tell you one thing: in the last 10 games of every NBA team has played, Houston is the worst team in FT's % with only 66.5%! They have only shot 13-26 FT vs Nets, 17-26 FT vs Atlanta and 12-21 FT vs Bobcats. Down the stretch it will be very hard for a team to win a ball game with these numbers. Especially with Kobe Bryant on the other side of the field.

The Lakers lost their last game at New Orleans and they have also lost Pau Gasol in that game. But against Houston he won't be that missed, as without Yao Ming, Houston's game is based on jump shots and backcourt offensive plays. The Lakers are 4-1 ATS as an away dog if they come from losing a game and right now every team has an extra motivation to face the Rockets to end their streak.

"(Motivation) is already there. It has nothing to do with it. They've earned a 21-game winning streak. It's all them. It's to their credit. We just have to come out and play and do what we do. Honestly, I don't give a damn about the streak. I think it's great for Houston. It's cool and all that. I really don't care."

Do you really believe Kobe thinks that? He is a natural born competitor and he will want to win today more than anything. And T-Mac knows it:

"We're playing a guy that I know is going to come in here and try to break this streak, because I know Kobe," McGrady said. "I know Kobe, and I know that's where his head is. In his head, he's thinking it's going to end. 'It's going to end with me.' He's just a fierce competitor. That's just who he is."

It's curious to see that the last defeat of Houston happened on a Sunday at home against Utah, where the Rockets were a three points favorite in a similar game as this one. Take the Lakers in here.

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Pick : LA Lakers (+3,5)
Odds : 1.00
Stake : 10 / 10
Bookmaker : Canbet
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Date : 2008-03-16
Match Result : 104-92
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