NBPhoenix (9-2, 6-5 ATS) at Houston (6-4, 7-3 ATS)

The Suns play their seventh road game in their last nine contests when they head to the Toyota Center for a battle with the Rockets.

Phoenix rebounded from its second loss of the season Thursday's 121-102 blowout defeat at the Lakers by barely getting past Toronto 101-100 on Sunday. However, the Suns failed to cash as a 7-point home favorite, their second straight non-cover after a 4-0 ATS run. Phoenix has now hit triple digits in every game this year, and dating to last season, it has reached the century mark in 14 straight games and 46 of 52 contests, tallying 109 or more 33 times.

Houston stunned the Lakers 101-91 as a nine-point road underdog on Sunday and has now alternated SU wins and losses in its last seven. Since a season-opening 96-87 loss at Portland as an 8-point road underdog, the Rockets have cashed in seven of nine games while scoring 100 or more points in every contest.

The Suns snapped a three-game losing skid to Houston with a 114-109 win as a 1-point home favorite on April 1 last year, improving to 16-5 ATS in the last 21 matchups with the Rockets. The home team has won four of the last five in this rivalry (3-2 ATS), but the visitor is 22-10 ATS in the last 31 meetings, with Phoenix cashing in 13 of its last 16 visits to the Toyota Center. Also, the underdog is 3-1 ATS in the last four.

Phoenix is on ATS runs of 9-1 after a non-cover, 4-0 when playing on one day of rest and 13-6-1 on Tuesday, and the Suns are off to a 5-2 start on the road (4-3 ATS). Houston has failed to cover in four straight games on Tuesday, but in addition to their 7-2 ATS run overall (all against the Western Conference), the Rockets have covered in six straight home games dating to last year's Western Conference playoff series against the Lakers.

For the Suns, the "over" is on runs of 5-2 overall, 4-1 on the highway and 8-3 against the Southwest Division, but the under is 8-3 in their last 11 on Tuesday. Houston's "over" streaks include 7-2 overall, 4-1 when playing on one day of rest, 5-0 after a SU win and 6-0 after an ATS triumph.

Detroit (5-5, 6-4 ATS) at L.A. Lakers (7-3, 3-7 ATS)

The Pistons begin a four-game, six-day Western Conference road trip with their only visit of the season to Staples Center to play the Lakers, who are looking to snap a rare two-game slide.

Detroit's three-game SU winning streak and four-game ATS run came to a halt with Sunday's 95-90 loss the Mavericks, coming up just short as a 4-point home underdog. The Pistons have lost three of their last four road games (2-2 ATS), giving up an average of 104.8 ppg.

Los Angeles followed up Friday's ugly 105-79 loss at Denver with Sunday's 101-91 loss to the Rockets as a nine-point home favorite. The Lakers' offense has disappeared in the second half of the last two games, managing just 23 post-halftime points against the Nuggets and 37 against Houston. The two-game slump comes on the heels of a six-game winning streak, and the Lakers have scored 80, 79 and 91 points in their three defeats while tallying 99 points or more in their seven victories (average of 108.6 ppg). Phil Jackson's squad began the season with five straight non-covers, then cashed in the next three (all at home) before coming up short against the Nuggets and Rockets.

These teams have split their season series the last two years, with the Lakers going 3-1 ATS. After the home team won both meetings in 2008, the visitor took last year's two contests, including Detroit's 106-95 rout as 9-point road underdog exactly one year ago. Prior to L.A.'s current 3-1 ATS run in this rivalry, the Pistons went 11-2-1 ATS in the previous 14 meetings, and with last year's upset, they're now 5-2-1 ATS in their last eight on the road against the Lakers.

Despite cashing in four of its last five overall, Detroit is on ATS declines of 4-12 after a SU defeat, 2-8 after a non-cover, 3-9 when playing on one day of rest, 2-5 against the Pacific Division and 3-8 against winning teams.

The Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their last five against the Central Division and 8-2 ATS in their last 10 after a SU defeat, but they've failed to cover in four straight games after a double-digit home loss.

The over is 5-1 in the Pistons' last six overall, but the Lakers carry "under" trends of 17-8 overall, 21-8 at home, 9-2 against the Eastern Conference and 43-21-1 versus the Central Division. Finally, five of the last six meetings in this rivalry have stayed low.