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Magic at Rockets · Fri, Jan 29 · 8:30 PM ET

Orlando 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

Magic edges

No clear mismatch in Orlando's favor.

Rockets edges

No clear mismatch in Houston's favor.

Key battles

  • Houston's offense crashes the offensive glass (1st), but Orlando's defense cleans the defensive glass (5th). Watch the rebounding.
  • Orlando's offense gets to the line (1st), but Houston's defense defends without fouling (5th). Watch the free throws.

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
ORLRankStatRankHOU
115.619thOffensive rating8th119.6
115.010thDefensive rating7th114.2
+0.617thNet rating6th+5.4
99.312thPace29th95.2
53.125thEffective FG %17th54.2
12.012thTurnover %20th12.6
25.018thOffensive rebound %1st34.8
24.91stFree throw rate19th19.9
54.516thOpponent eFG %6th53.0
12.611thForced turnover %21st11.6
75.65thDefensive rebound %9th74.5
22.326thOpponent FT rate5th18.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Magic4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. W
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  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: Sun, Nov 16 ORL 113, HOU 117 · Thu, Feb 26 HOU 113, ORL 108

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers