Houston Rockets vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction: will the Rockets stay in the top-6?

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on November 23. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Rockets were dangerous in isolated games last season, but in the first part of the new season they seem to have found stability. With an 11-5 win-loss record, Houston currently sits in third place in the Western Conference, behind only Oklahoma and Golden State.

In the last game Houston confidently defeated Indiana at home - the Eastern Conference finalist of the last playoffs (130:113).

While the Rockets seem to expect to solve their tournament problems already in the current championship, the Trail Blazers are still far away from the play-in race. Having won only six of 15 games since the start of the season, the team is only in 13th place in the Western Conference, and they look like they will be around that position for the rest of the season.

Last meeting Portland held away against Oklahoma and lost 99:109. Interestingly, before this setback, the Trail Blazers won three consecutive games - at home twice against Minnesota and Atlanta.

Houston is one of the leaders of the Western Conference today. Portland is at the bottom of the standings and is unlikely to rise much higher than the 13th place in the West this season. Here we bet on a convincing victory of Houston, which is also indicated by the results of the last face-to-face meetings between the teams. Also, take the total under, as the Rockets have the league's third-best defence and the Trail Blazers have the third-best offence from the end.