The NBA Hump day power system play is on the Houston Rockets to rebound in game 2 of their series against Portland. Game 732 at 9:35 eastern. This game fits a 15-0 system and As we can see by the grid below, home teams who lose in the first round have come back to win 22 of 24 all time in this set up. Home favorites off a home favored spread loss by 7 or more points with 15 or less turnovers have covered 6 of 7 times since 1995 if they scored and allowed 120 or more and their opponent played on the road. Lets also mention that home teams with a win percentage of .590 or higher have covered 19 of 21 long term in game 2 if they did not lose their previous road game by more than 10 points. Portland has failed to cover 8 of 11 with 2 days of rest and are a dismal 0-6 to the spread on the road after scoring 120 or more on the road in their last game. Look for Houston to even things up tonight.



HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil @ V:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 1-game-nil with site order V (Portland) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2013
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 223-176 (.559)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 54-53 (.505)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 65-52 (.556)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 10-12 (.455)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 133-266 (.333)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 30-77 (.280)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 27-90 (.231)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 3-22 (.091)