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Wizards at Rockets · Fri, Jan 15 · 8:30 PM ET

Washington 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

Wizards edges

No clear mismatch in Washington's favor.

Rockets edges

  • On offenseHouston's offense crashes the offensive glass (1st) against a Washington defense that gives up second chances (30th).
  • On defenseHouston's defense defends without fouling (5th) against a Washington offense that rarely gets to the line (27th).

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
WASRankStatRankHOU
111.629thOffensive rating8th119.6
123.430thDefensive rating7th114.2
-11.830thNet rating6th+5.4
100.85thPace29th95.2
53.521stEffective FG %17th54.2
13.226thTurnover %20th12.6
24.121stOffensive rebound %1st34.8
18.027thFree throw rate19th19.9
56.327thOpponent eFG %6th53.0
11.222ndForced turnover %21st11.6
70.230thDefensive rebound %9th74.5
23.229thOpponent FT rate5th18.9

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03Form and season series

Wizards0-10 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  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 12 WAS 112, HOU 135 · Mon, Mar 2 HOU 123, WAS 118

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers