Lakers vs. Rockets Odds & Betting Predictions - March 17, 2026

Lakers at Rockets

1:30 am • Peacock

Los Angeles Lakers

53-29

100

100 - 92

Houston Rockets

52-30

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Lakers 53-29	+2.5	-1-110	o223-110	-118
Rockets 52-30	u225.5	+1-110	u223-110	+100

Tuesday 1:30 a.m.

March 17, 2026

Toyota CenterHouston

HOU +3 (Live)-115

$57.50

LAL -1.5 (Live)-115

0.87u

LAL -116

0.5u

HOU +104

$100.00

K.Durant o36.5 Pts+Rebs+Ast-110

1.1u

L.Doncic o30.5 Pts-106

D.Ayton o16.5 Pts+Rebs-105

0.63u

#EV

L.James o5.5 Rebs+130

0.22u

#EV

D.Ayton o7.5 Rebs+122

0.68u

#EV

Under 116.5 (1H)-110

0.91u

A.Thompson o18.5 Pts-110

0.45u

@JoeDellera ⭐️⭐️ https://myaction.app/DxTPZwFvy1b

A.Thompson o18.5 Pts-122

0.82u

The Rockets face off against the Lakers on Monday night and I’m looking at Amen Thompson in this matchup. Amen is excellent at attacking the rim and getting into the teeth of the defense. He puts pressure on them with his size and athleticism. Here, the Lakers are weak inside of the redirected area. They do not have a great rim presence and with Luka, LeBron, and Reaves their defense is a bit lacking overall. Thompson has already crushed this defense with a 26 point performance back on Christmas and other players like him have had success. Zion and Giddey are two players who both try and get to the rim and each found success recently against the Lakers. I’ll back Amen on Monday night.

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NBA Public Betting

Rockets are 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Rockets are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rockets are 19-22 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 4 of Rockets' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 16 of Rockets' 41 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rockets	36-46	17-24	19-22	30-42	6-4
Lakers	45-37	24-17	21-20	30-19	15-18

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rockets	39-43	16-25	23-18	36-36	3-7
Lakers	43-38-1	23-18	20-20-1	24-24-1	19-14

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rockets	52-30	N/A	N/A	48-24	4-6
Lakers	53-29	N/A	N/A	38-11	15-18

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Mar 14th	NOP	W 107-105	-5.5 L	U 230.5	HOU -225
Mar 12th	@DEN	L 93-129	+7 L	U 232	DEN +215
Mar 11th	TOR	W 113-99	-4.5 W	U 220.5	HOU -192
Mar 9th	@SAS	L 120-145	+5.5 L	O 223.5	SAS +190
Mar 7th	POR	W 106-99	-6.5 W	U 221	HOU -270

Steven Adams
C
Adams is out with ankle
Out
Fred VanVleet
PG
VanVleet is out with knee
Out

Luke Kennard
SG
Luke Kennard (injury management) questionable Friday.
Questionable
Luka Doncic
PG
Doncic is out with hamstring
Out
Jaxson Hayes
C
Jaxson Hayes (injury management) out Sunday.
Out
Austin Reaves
SG
Reaves is out with oblique
Out