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Pistons at Rockets · Sat, Jan 16 · 8:30 PM ET

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

DetroitHouston

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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

Pistons edges

No clear mismatch in Detroit's favor.

Rockets edges

No clear mismatch in Houston's favor.

Key battles

  • Detroit's offense gets to the line (5th), but Houston's defense defends without fouling (5th). Watch the free throws.

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
DETRankStatRankHOU
119.09thOffensive rating8th119.6
110.82ndDefensive rating7th114.2
+8.23rdNet rating6th+5.4
98.318thPace29th95.2
54.615thEffective FG %17th54.2
12.316thTurnover %20th12.6
30.93rdOffensive rebound %1st34.8
22.35thFree throw rate19th19.9
51.71stOpponent eFG %6th53.0
14.11stForced turnover %21st11.6
74.214thDefensive rebound %9th74.5
25.130thOpponent FT rate5th18.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Pistons6-4 in the last 10

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

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: Fri, Oct 24 DET 115, HOU 111 · Fri, Jan 23 HOU 111, DET 104

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers