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Hornets at Rockets · Fri, Feb 26 · 8:30 PM ET

Charlotte 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

Hornets edges

No clear mismatch in Charlotte's favor.

Rockets edges

No clear mismatch in Houston'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
CHARankStatRankHOU
120.35thOffensive rating8th119.6
115.313thDefensive rating7th114.2
+5.08thNet rating6th+5.4
96.126thPace29th95.2
55.212thEffective FG %17th54.2
12.824thTurnover %20th12.6
30.54thOffensive rebound %1st34.8
20.018thFree throw rate19th19.9
54.07thOpponent eFG %6th53.0
11.222ndForced turnover %21st11.6
76.63rdDefensive rebound %9th74.5
18.64thOpponent FT rate5th18.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

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

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: Thu, Feb 5 CHA 109, HOU 99 · Thu, Feb 19 HOU 105, CHA 101

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers