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Rockets at Pelicans · Fri, Feb 12 · 8:00 PM ET

Houston at New Orleans. Here is where each team has the edge.

HoustonNew Orleans

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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 New Orleans defense that gives up second chances (28th).

Pelicans edges

No clear mismatch in New Orleans' 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
HOURankStatRankNOP
119.68thOffensive rating20th115.4
114.27thDefensive rating25th119.9
+5.46thNet rating21st-4.5
95.229thPace11th99.5
54.217thEffective FG %27th52.7
12.620thTurnover %9th11.7
34.81stOffensive rebound %8th27.0
19.919thFree throw rate6th22.2
53.06thOpponent eFG %22nd55.5
11.621stForced turnover %19th11.8
74.59thDefensive rebound %28th71.4
18.95thOpponent FT rate13th19.9

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

Pelicans1-9 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Thu, Dec 18 HOU 128, NOP 133 · Sun, Jan 18 NOP 110, HOU 119 · Fri, Mar 13 NOP 105, HOU 107 · Sun, Mar 29 HOU 134, NOP 102

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers