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Rockets at Grizzlies · Fri, Dec 18 · 8:00 PM ET

Houston at Memphis. Here is where each team has the edge.

HoustonMemphis

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Rockets edges

  • On offenseHouston's offense crashes the offensive glass (1st) against a Memphis defense that gives up second chances (29th).

Grizzlies edges

No clear mismatch in Memphis' favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
HOURankStatRankMEM
119.68thOffensive rating25th113.5
114.27thDefensive rating23rd119.5
+5.46thNet rating24th-6.0
95.229thPace5th100.8
54.217thEffective FG %23rd53.3
12.620thTurnover %22nd12.7
34.81stOffensive rebound %19th24.7
19.919thFree throw rate19th19.9
53.06thOpponent eFG %26th56.2
11.621stForced turnover %8th12.8
74.59thDefensive rebound %29th70.9
18.95thOpponent FT rate14th20.3

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Rockets5-5 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. W
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. W
  8. L
  9. W
  10. W

Grizzlies1-9 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. W
  10. L

2025-26 series: Wed, Nov 5 HOU 124, MEM 109 · Mon, Jan 26 MEM 99, HOU 108 · Fri, Mar 27 HOU 119, MEM 109 · Sun, Apr 12 MEM 101, HOU 132

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers