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The Rockets took advantage of a Joel Embiid-less 76ers on Friday and were able to beat them by double digits. With that win, Houston has now won seven games in a row putting them in third place in the West. They are three games behind the Nuggets for second place, The Rockets will likely make it 8 straight as they open today’s game as 8 point favorites but can they get bettor’s the win against the spread?

The Indiana Pacers travel to Philadelphia to take on the 76ers in Sunday NBA betting action. The opening line for this game has the host as a -5.5 point favorite with a total line of 221 points. The betting trends favor the road team in this series with four consecutive wins and point spread covers. Our handicapper Matt looks to buck the trend. Find out why.

The Lakers look like they have thrown in the towel; losers of six of their last seven contests. They did win in their only match against the Celtics this season back in Boston 129-128 in early February, so they may have a shot here tonight at home. The linesmaker has the visiting Celts as -5-point favorite with the total offered up at 220.5 points. See who the Cash man is picking tonight.

How are sportsbooks and players handicapping these Embiid-less 76ers? Keith Franks breaks down the recent play of this squad as Philadelphia Center Joel Embiid remains out as he continues to recover from a knee injury. In his absence the Sixers are 4-3 SU. Once again, the Sixers will turn to veteran Amir Johnson.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting different results, but the definition of apathy is whatever the hell the Warriors did the other night versus Boston. The Dubs would’ve had a better chance if they had sat their top talent in favor of a couple of guys who would’ve tried harder and actually looked like they wanted to be there. And, that may be the biggest question mark when handicapping a Warriors game right now… Which version of these star players will show up? Kyle Cash gives his NBA prediction for for tonight’s Nuggs and GSW meeting.

Indiana will be playing this game on two days of rest. Indiana wrapped up a three-game home-stand against the Bulls on Tuesday and now are playing their first away game in a two-game road trip. Milwaukee has had three days to prepare for this game and will be playing their first game in Milwaukee after ending a grueling five-game road trip on Monday. How much of a factor is rest and is it big enough to look at the bookmaker’s huge line of Bucks -11?