The Golden State Warriors are hoping to make a playoff push after adding Jimmy Butler at the NBA trade deadline, but they'll run into one of the best in the West on Thursday night when they take on the Houston Rockets. Golden State is 27-27 on the season and is 10th in the West standings while Houston is 34-20 and would be the No. 4 seed if the NBA playoffs started today. However, the Warriors have won nine of their last 10 head-to-head matchups with the Rockets and are 8-2 against the spread during that span.

Tipoff from the Toyota Center in Houston is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday. The home team is listed as a 6-point favorite in the latest Rockets vs. Warriors odds and the over/under is 217.5 points. Before you make any Warriors vs. Rockets picks, you'll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.

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