The Boston Celtics will hit the highway to face the Houston Rockets in NBA action set for Tuesday night. <br /> <br />Tip off time from Houston is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel. <br /> <br />The point spread from this pro basketball game has the home side Houston Rockets favored by –11 points with an over under line of 204 1/2 points. <br /> <br />Boston has lost three straight to go to 4-7 on the year after a 106-88 road defeat on Saturday to the Minnesota Timberwolves as a +9 ½ point underdog. The game finished at under 202 ½ points. <br /> <br />The Celtics shot just 39.5% from the floor and made 5 of 18 from three. The team was sloppy with 22 turnovers. Avery Bradley had 27 points and three boards on 12 of 23 shooting. Boston allowed 42.6% shooting to the Timberwolves. <br /> <br />Houston has won two straight to move to 7-4 after a 122-111 home victory on Saturday to the Denver Nuggets as a -8 point betting favorite. The game total finished at over 214 points. Houston went up 63-46 at the half. <br /> <br />The Rockets shot 50.6% from the floor and made 9 of 21 from three. Dwight Howard had 25 points and seven boards on 4 of 6 shooting. Howard was sent to the free throw line 24 times and made 17 shots. On defense Houston allowed Denver 45.5% shooting with 8 of 24 from three.
