NBA Opening Night Prediction: Can they Make a Warriors Line High Enough?

Posted on October 17, 2017

Schedule makers have given us a probably preview of both conference finals as they open up with Boston / Cleveland in the early game followed by Houston – Golden State as the nightcap. The Warriors are expected to be their same old dominant self, but the Houston Rockets think they’ve made the right moves to take the next step to challenge them in the postseason. The great thing about NBA Predictions Rockets Warriors 10/17/17, is that they can go either way.

Odds

There’s a good chance that Golden State isn’t an underdog all season – really good actually. The opening night line of Warriors -9 might seem a bit low even against a fellow Western Conference powerhouse. The public is going to be hammering GSW all season long, and oddsmakers know this. A modest 55% are on them tonight with a total up in the stratosphere at 228.

Houston Rockets

If anything, the Houston Rockets got at least more interesting in the offseason. Chris Paul should thrive in Mike D’Antoni’s offense but will he take the ball out of James Harden’s hands too much? Perhaps the area where the Rockets improved the most was on defense, adding P.J Tucker and Luke Mbah a Moute to offset the loss of Patrick Beverly. Eric Gordon will come off the bench in the NBA Predictions Rockets Warriors 10/17/17 to launch and big man Ryan Anderson has long distance skills that will further open up the lane for Paul and Harden.

Golden State Warriors

There’s really nothing to say about the Warriors – they’ll be awesome yet again. Even with an injury to Kevin Durant or Stephen Curry, the Warriors have enough depth to probably remain the favorites in the West. Golden State has added Nick Young and Omri Casspi and could even get some defensive contributions from rookie Jordan Bell. Unless Klay Thompson wants to pull a Kyrie in the offseason and become ‘the man’ somewhere else, the Warriors are good to go for awhile.

NBA Predictions Rockets Warriors 10/17/17

It’s hard to bet against Golden State in the NBA Predictions Rockets Warriors 10/17/17 – or ever for that matter but the points look good tonight. The new bromance between Chris Paul and James Harden may be awkward at first – or it may be electric. If the Rockets get hot from deep they can keep it close.