The 16-12 Houston Rockets will be the road team as they battle the 22-8 San Antonio Spurs in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from San Antonio is scheduled for 8:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA League Pass Channel.

The point spread from this NBA game has the home club San Antonio Spurs favored by -8 points with an over under line of 214 points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out a few hours ago.

This is the third meeting of the season between the Spurs and Rockets. San Antonio has won and covered each game with one win and cover coming home and away. Trend: Houston Rockets are 5-0 ATS in their past five games.

The Rockets are playing good basketball with five straight wins and seven wins in their past eight games. They have played better defense allowing over 100 points in only two games during this span of seven games. After beating Chicago 120-97 on the road on Christmas Day they travel on the road in a back to back and beat up on Minnesota 87-84 on the road as a +5 ½ point underdog. Prior to the Christmas Day and day after game they beat Memphis by 26 points on December 22nd. Houston is the top scoring offense in the NBA by averaging 105 points a game. James Harden leads the club with 25 points a game. Jeremy Lin contributes with 12 points and 6 assists.

The Spurs are carrying a three game win streak all at home. This is the final game of a four game home stand. The competition has not been very difficult in this streak. They beat up on Toronto on Wednesday 100-80 as a -13 ½ point home favorite. The game went under 200 points. San Antonio is the number two offense in the league as the score 105 points and makes 48% of their shots. It is a total team effort as no Spurs starter averages more than 32 ½ minutes per game. Tony Parker leads the Spurs with 18 points and 7 assists per game. Tim Duncan is grabbing 10 boards and scoring 17 points a game.