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Cavaliers at Rockets · Sun, Jan 3 · 7:00 PM ET

Cleveland 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

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland's favor.

Rockets edges

No clear mismatch in Houston's 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
CLERankStatRankHOU
120.26thOffensive rating8th119.6
116.015thDefensive rating7th114.2
+4.19thNet rating6th+5.4
99.113thPace29th95.2
56.14thEffective FG %17th54.2
11.79thTurnover %20th12.6
26.99thOffensive rebound %1st34.8
20.616thFree throw rate19th19.9
54.314thOpponent eFG %6th53.0
12.513thForced turnover %21st11.6
74.411thDefensive rebound %9th74.5
20.917thOpponent FT rate5th18.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Cavaliers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  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: Wed, Nov 19 HOU 114, CLE 104 · Sat, Dec 27 CLE 100, HOU 117

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers