The best-of-seven matchup between the Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets continues this Tuesday night with Game 5 in an 8 p.m. start on TNT from the Toyota Center. VietBet has opened the Rockets as 12-point home favorites with the total line set at 209.5.

Utah decided to make things interesting early in this Western Conference semifinal matchup with a stunning 116-108 road victory in Game 2 as a heavy 11-point underdog. Failing to capitalize on that momentum, the Jazz went on to lose their next two games at home by a combined 34 points. They are just 2-4 straight-up in their last six postseason contests with a 1-5 record against the spread on VietBet’s closing line.

Give credit to Utah’s defense for a solid effort all season long, but the simple fact that this team has not been able to cross the 100-point mark in five of its last six games helps to explain why it is down 3-1 in this series. Rookie sensation Donovan Mitchell has upped his 20.5-point scoring average in the regular season to 24.4 points in the playoffs, but the Jazz are going to need more than that to keep this series alive.

The current NBA basketball betting odds posted on this game by Elite-rated VietBet have held fast since the opening numbers.

Utah Jazz            (+12)
Houston Rockets  (-12)

Over 207.5 points (-110)
Under 207.5 points (-110)

Houston got past Minnesota in five games in the opening round while covering in three of those contests. With a 3-1 record ATS in this series, it is 6-3 ATS in nine postseason contests on the closing spread posted at VietBet. The total has stayed UNDER in three of the first four games against the Jazz. The Rockets are 3-2 ATS in the postseason when closing as double-digit favorites.

James Harden has put up some big numbers in the playoffs to average 29.7 points per game. However, he was second to Chris Paul’s 27 points in Sunday’s 100-87 victory. Harden added 24 points to the winning effort, but he hit just eight of his 22 shots from the field. Houston shot 42.0 percent from the field and a dismal 26.3 percent from three-point range on 38 attempts.

I went with Houston in Game 2 as heavy favorites at home and paid the price. While I do see the Rockets closing things out this Tuesday with the SU win, I am going with the UNDER on VietBet’s 209.5-point total line as my ‘best bet’ pick.

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