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Rockets at Hornets · Fri, Jan 22 · 7:00 PM ET

Houston at Charlotte. 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

Rockets edges

No clear mismatch in Houston's favor.

Hornets edges

No clear mismatch in Charlotte's favor.

Key battles

  • Houston's offense crashes the offensive glass (1st), but Charlotte's defense cleans the defensive glass (3rd). Watch the rebounding.

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
HOURankStatRankCHA
119.68thOffensive rating5th120.3
114.27thDefensive rating13th115.3
+5.46thNet rating8th+5.0
95.229thPace26th96.1
54.217thEffective FG %12th55.2
12.620thTurnover %24th12.8
34.81stOffensive rebound %4th30.5
19.919thFree throw rate18th20.0
53.06thOpponent eFG %7th54.0
11.621stForced turnover %22nd11.2
74.59thDefensive rebound %3rd76.6
18.95thOpponent FT rate4th18.6

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

Hornets6-4 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Thu, Feb 5 CHA 109, HOU 99 · Thu, Feb 19 HOU 105, CHA 101

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers