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Rockets at Knicks · Wed, Mar 24 · 7:30 PM ET

Houston at New York. 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

Rockets edges

  • On defenseHouston's defense defends without fouling (5th) against a New York offense that rarely gets to the line (25th).

Knicks edges

No clear mismatch in New York's favor.

Key battles

  • Houston's offense crashes the offensive glass (1st), but New York's defense cleans the defensive glass (2nd). 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
HOURankStatRankNYK
119.68thOffensive rating3rd120.7
114.27thDefensive rating5th114.1
+5.46thNet rating5th+6.6
95.229thPace26th96.1
54.217thEffective FG %9th55.7
12.620thTurnover %7th11.5
34.81stOffensive rebound %5th29.3
19.919thFree throw rate25th18.8
53.06thOpponent eFG %10th54.1
11.621stForced turnover %10th12.7
74.59thDefensive rebound %2nd76.7
18.95thOpponent FT rate15th20.6

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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

Knicks9-1 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Sat, Feb 21 HOU 106, NYK 108 · Tue, Mar 31 NYK 94, HOU 111

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers