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Grizzlies at Rockets · Thu, Jan 7 · 8:30 PM ET

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

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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

Grizzlies edges

No clear mismatch in Memphis' favor.

Rockets edges

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

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
MEMRankStatRankHOU
113.525thOffensive rating8th119.6
119.523rdDefensive rating7th114.2
-6.024thNet rating6th+5.4
100.85thPace29th95.2
53.323rdEffective FG %17th54.2
12.722ndTurnover %20th12.6
24.719thOffensive rebound %1st34.8
19.919thFree throw rate19th19.9
56.226thOpponent eFG %6th53.0
12.88thForced turnover %21st11.6
70.929thDefensive rebound %9th74.5
20.314thOpponent FT rate5th18.9

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03Form and season series

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

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

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