NBA Betting Preview: Hornets vs Rockets

The Charlotte Hornets face the Houston Rockets in this NBA clash. Our betting preview features expert NBA predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and confirmed starting lineups.

Line Could be Covered by Hornets

With the Hornets being given a line of +3.5 to overcome, our betting prediction is that they can cover this against the Rockets. There’s the opportunity to get -110 for this outcome.

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114-101 Victory for Rockets in Last Head-to-Head

Charlotte Hornets have won their previous seven games. The latest was a 102-95 home triumph at Spectrum Center against New Orleans Pelicans. LaMelo Ball poured in 24 points, with Kon Knueppel contributing 17 and Grant Williams adding 16.

Houston Rockets were beaten 114-93 at Toyota Center in their last game, being turned over at home to Boston Celtics. Offensively, Kevin Durant led the charge with 15, while Jabari Smith contributed 13 and Alperen Sengun 13.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The scoreline was 114-101 in favor of the Rockets when they last played the Hornets, with the matchup taking place at Spectrum Center. The H2H over the past 10 games have seen five wins for both teams.

NBA	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Rockets	31	18	0.633	115.5	110.1	5.4	17-5	14-13	6-5	17-15	7-3	1L
Hornets	23	28	0.451	116	114.2	1.8	11-13	12-15	6-4	14-19	8-2	7W

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Charlotte Hornets – Last 10 Games

The Hornets have 8 wins and 2 losses in the past 10 games. They are averaging 113.4 points, 48.7 rebounds, 26.6 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.9 blocks while shooting 46.9% from the field and 81.5% from the free-throw line. The opposition have an average of 104.1 points and 37.7 rebounds per matchup.

Brandon Miller is averaging 23.7 points and 3.5 (40.7%) 3-pointers made. Moussa Diabate averages 8.0 rebounds and LaMelo Ball 6.7 assists.

Houston Rockets – Last 10 Games

The Rockets have won 7 and lost 3 of their previous 10 contests. Averaging 109.6 points, 48.8 rebounds, 25.0 assists, 9.4 steals and 6.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field and 71.7% from the free-throw line. Their opponents average 107.9 points and 44.7 rebounds.

Kevin Durant is averaging 22.0 points, Alperen Sengun 10.1 rebounds and Amen Thompson 7.1 assists, while Jabari Smith has an average of 2.6 (39.4%) 3-pointers made.

Charlotte Hornets vs Houston Rockets Prediction & Picks

Discover our expert Charlotte Hornets vs Houston Rockets betting tips, featuring a match prediction, correct score suggestion and bet builder advice. Scroll down for full analysis.

Game Prediction

There’s a great opportunity to back Hornets against the spread here. The underdogs should be able to produce a solid performance in this NBA matchup, with +3.5 making lots appeal at -110.

Our basketball picks are rooted in solid team news and up-to-date form for each NBA franchise. We also dig deep to uncover the most relevant stats that help guide and strengthen our predictions.

Key Hornets vs Rockets stats:

The +3.5 line has been covered by Hornets in 7 consecutive games.
The +3.5 line has been covered by Hornets in 8 of their last 10 games.
The +3.5 line has been covered by Hornets in 15 of their last 20 games.
The -3.5 line hasn’t been covered by Rockets in 7 of their last 10 games against Hornets.

Hornets +3.5 Probability

When you look at the latest betting odds, our pick has a 52.4% chance of delivering a return. After careful examination, our analysts have this probability close to 60%. That means we’re regarding it as a value wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Spread Hornets +3.5

Totals Over 217.5

Result & BTTS 100 Hornets / Yes

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Correct Score Prediction

Hornets

113 - 110 Rockets logo

Rockets

We’re expecting a close game so it might be worth going for the Hornets to win by a 113-110 scoreline. You can get a huge price and we should hopefully get a run for our money.

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Charlotte Hornets vs Houston Rockets Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Latest Odds Suggest Rockets Win

For this NBA game, the sportsbooks’ Moneyline betting odds mean Houston Rockets are -154 favorites to win and that means a 61% chance of landing a victory. For those wanting to back Charlotte Hornets, you will find +130 about the underdogs.

The spread is calculated to be 3.5, while total points comes in at 217.5. A wager on the Totals allows basketball bettors to use the latest data to good effect. If you’re wanting to back Over 217.5, the odds are -106.

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Rockets Record Shows Seven Wins in Last Ten at Home

The Rockets have seven wins and three losses in the last 10 home games, scoring 106.10 points per contest and conceding 107.30.

The Hornets have notched four consecutive victories on the road. They are 8-2 in their last 10 games away from home, scoring 121.50 points per contest and conceding 106.30.

The last Toyota Center meeting saw the Hornets beat the Rockets 110-105. In the last 7 head-to-head matchups at Toyota Center, the Rockets have notched four victories, while the Hornets have recorded three.

Last 10 Games		W-L	P	PF	PA	O217.5	U217.5
Houston Rockets Home Stats		7-3	213.40	106.10	107.30	3	7
Charlotte Hornets Away Stats		8-2	227.80	121.50	106.30	7	3

W-L = Wins-Losses
P = Avg. Points
PF = Avg. Points For
PA = Avg. Points Against
O217.5 = Games Over 217.5 Points
U217.5 = Games Under 217.5 Points

Last 5 & H2H

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Last 5 Games

Hornets

NBA: 02/02 Pelicans 95 Hornets102
NBA: 31/01 Spurs 106 Hornets111
NBA: 30/01 Hornets 123 Mavericks121
NBA: 29/01 Hornets 112 Grizzlies97
NBA: 26/01 76ers 93 Hornets130

Rockets

NBA: 05/02 Celtics 114 Rockets93
NBA: 03/02 Rockets 118 Pacers114
NBA: 01/02 Mavericks 107 Rockets111
NBA: 30/01 Rockets 104 Hawks86
NBA: 29/01 Spurs 111 Rockets99

Head to Head

Hornets vs Rockets

NBA: 24/12 2024 Rockets 114 Hornets 101
NBA: 24/10 2024 Hornets 110 Rockets 105
NBA: 27/01 2024 Rockets 138 Hornets 104
NBA: 02/11 2023 Hornets 119 Rockets 128
NBA: 08/04 2023 Rockets 112 Hornets 109
NBA: 19/01 2023 Hornets 122 Rockets 117
NBA: 28/12 2021 Rockets 99 Hornets 123
NBA: 28/11 2021 Hornets 143 Rockets 146
NBA: 25/03 2021 Hornets 122 Rockets 97
NBA: 09/02 2021 Rockets 94 Hornets 119

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Charlotte Hornets Stats

Houston Rockets Stats

Moneyline

8 wins and 2 defeats in the last 10 games
8 wins and 2 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 home games

Point Spread

+3.5 Betting Line: Have covered the spread in 8 of the last 10 games
+3.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the spread in 8 of the last 10 games on the road

Point Spread

-3.5 Betting Line: Have covered the spread in 7 of the last 10 games
-3.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the spread in 6 of the last 10 home games

Total Points

Game Totals: An average of 217.50 pts in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 227.80 pts in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 217.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 217.5 on the Road: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 113.40 pts and allowed 104.10 pts in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 121.50 pts and allowed 106.30 pts in the last 10 games on the road

Total Points

Game Totals: An average of 217.50 pts in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 213.40 pts in the previous 10 home games
Over 217.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 217.5 at Home: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 109.60 pts and allowed 107.90 pts in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 106.10 pts and allowed 107.30 pts in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

2-Pointers Made: 26.60 (57%)
3-Pointers Made: 14.50 (36%)
Free Throws Made: 16.70 (81.46%)
Rebounds: Total 48.7, Offensive 12.90, Defensive 35.80
Assists: 26.60
Blocks: 3.90
Steals: 6.10
Turnovers : 15.30
Personal Fouls: 18.00

Last 10 Games on the Road

2-Pointers Made: 27.40 (57%)
3-Pointers Made: 16.90 (41%)
Free Throws Made: 16.00 (85.56%)
Rebounds: Total 49.9, Offensive 12.90, Defensive 37.00
Assists: 27.70
Blocks: 4.40
Steals: 5.20
Turnovers : 13.60
Personal Fouls: 17.80

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

2-Pointers Made: 30.20 (49%)
3-Pointers Made: 10.90 (37%)
Free Throws Made: 16.50 (71.74%)
Rebounds: Total 48.8, Offensive 15.40, Defensive 33.40
Assists: 25.00
Blocks: 6.70
Steals: 9.40
Turnovers : 12.70
Personal Fouls: 15.50

Last 10 Home Games

2-Pointers Made: 30.60 (49%)
3-Pointers Made: 9.80 (34%)
Free Throws Made: 15.50 (70.45%)
Rebounds: Total 48.7, Offensive 14.60, Defensive 34.10
Assists: 23.20
Blocks: 5.00
Steals: 8.50
Turnovers : 11.90
Personal Fouls: 15.50

Team News

Charlotte Hornets Player Stats & Roster

Player	GP	MIN	TP	TA	PTS	AST	3P	REB	BLK	STL
Miles Bridges	50	32.42	913	174	18.3	3.5	2.2	6.1	0.5	0.5
Kon Knueppel	50	32.03	936	179	18.7	3.6	3.3	5.5	0.2	0.7
Brandon Miller	34	30.28	702	115	20.6	3.4	2.9	4.7	0.9	1.0

Coby White	29	29.08	540	136	18.6	4.7	2.5	3.7	0.1	0.7
LaMelo Ball	41	27.43	784	309	19.1	7.5	3.3	4.9	0.2	1.1
Moussa Diabate	47	25.05	393	73	8.4	1.6	-	8.5	1.0	0.7
Sion James	51	24.23	291	97	5.7	1.9	0.9	3.5	0.3	0.5
Ryan Kalkbrenner	39	23.36	335	27	8.6	0.7	-	6.1	1.5	0.5
Mike Conley	44	18.46	195	126	4.4	2.9	1.0	1.8	0.3	0.6
Grant Williams	10	17.7	58	11	5.8	1.1	1.0	4.0	0.2	0.5
Tre Mann	30	16.26	225	66	7.5	2.2	1.3	2.3	0.1	0.5
Tidjane Salaun	31	16.03	198	26	6.4	0.8	1.0	4.4	0.2	0.4
KJ Simpson	14	15.94	84	35	6.0	2.5	0.9	2.1	-	1.1
Josh Green	27	15.66	113	28	4.2	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.1	0.5
Tyus Jones	48	15.71	144	116	3.0	2.4	0.6	1.1	0.1	0.7
Liam McNeeley	28	12.22	115	23	4.1	0.8	0.8	2.1	0.1	0.2
Drew Peterson	6	10.72	5	2	0.8	0.3	-	1.5	0.2	0.5
PJ Hall	15	10.26	69	7	4.6	0.5	0.2	3.5	0.6	0.1
Mason Plumlee	14	8.89	26	16	1.9	1.1	-	2.9	0.0	0.4
Antonio Reeves	7	7.96	21	2	3.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	-	0.3
Pat Connaughton	22	7.05	63	14	2.9	0.6	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.2

Houston Rockets Player Stats & Roster

Player	GP	MIN	TP	TA	PTS	AST	3P	REB	BLK	STL
Amen Thompson	49	37.28	881	268	18.0	5.5	0.3	7.7	0.6	1.4
Kevin Durant	46	36.53	1193	208	25.9	4.5	2.3	5.4	0.9	0.7
Jabari Smith	48	34.89	723	91	15.1	1.9	2.2	6.8	1.0	0.8

Alperen Sengun	42	34.06	890	262	21.2	6.2	0.6	9.4	1.0	1.4
Tari Eason	28	24.63	333	40	11.9	1.4	2.1	6.2	0.6	1.3
Reed Sheppard	49	24.53	615	145	12.6	3.0	2.4	2.5	0.6	1.4
Steven Adams	32	22.83	187	48	5.8	1.5	-	8.6	0.7	0.7
Josh Okogie	49	19.99	266	46	5.4	0.9	0.9	2.9	0.2	0.9
Dorian Finney-Smith	17	15.5	50	10	2.9	0.6	0.6	2.5	0.2	0.4
Aaron Holiday	34	13.44	200	33	5.9	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.1	0.4
Clint Capela	43	11.66	164	25	3.8	0.6	-	4.7	0.7	0.5
Jae'Sean Tate	31	8.18	81	15	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.5	0.1	0.2
JD Davison	22	6.93	41	23	1.9	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.2
Jeff Green	17	4.35	35	2	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.1	-
Isaiah Crawford	4	3.1	2	-	0.5	-	-	0.3	0.5	-
Kevon Harris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Injuries & Suspensions

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Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of tip-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Charlotte Hornets Lineups

02 Feb NBA

Pelicans 95-102 Hornets

East Atlantic	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Knicks	33	18	0.647	118.2	112.1	6.1	21-6	12-12	8-3	22-11	8-2	8W
Celtics	33	18	0.647	115.9	108.6	7.3	16-8	17-10	7-4	22-12	7-3	4W
76ers	29	21	0.58	116.8	115.3	1.5	15-13	14-8	8-5	19-17	7-3	5W
Raptors	30	22	0.577	113.8	112.5	1.3	14-12	16-10	4-9	22-14	5-5	1L
Nets	13	36	0.265	107.1	114.9	-7.8	6-18	7-18	3-9	9-20	1-9	2L

East Central	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Pistons	37	12	0.755	117.5	109.9	7.6	21-5	16-7	8-3	23-6	8-2	3W
Cavaliers	31	21	0.596	119.4	115.7	3.7	17-11	14-10	7-3	19-13	8-2	2W
Bulls	24	27	0.471	117.2	120.2	-3	15-11	9-16	3-9	16-19	5-5	2L
Bucks	20	29	0.408	112.1	116.1	-4	11-12	9-17	6-4	15-17	3-7	2W
Pacers	13	38	0.255	110.9	118.7	-7.8	10-18	3-20	3-8	9-24	4-6	2L

East Southeast	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Heat	27	25	0.519	119.9	118	1.9	16-10	11-15	3-5	14-15	5-5	1L
Magic	25	24	0.51	115	115.9	-0.9	15-9	10-15	6-5	17-17	4-6	2L
Hawks	25	27	0.481	117.4	118.3	-0.9	9-14	16-13	5-3	13-18	5-5	1W
Hornets	23	28	0.451	116	114.2	1.8	11-13	12-15	6-4	14-19	8-2	7W
Wizards	13	36	0.265	112	122.7	-10.7	9-17	4-19	2-5	8-20	3-7	1L

West Northwest	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Thunder	40	12	0.769	120.2	107.9	12.3	22-5	18-7	8-3	30-8	5-5	1L
Nuggets	33	19	0.635	120.1	116.2	3.9	14-10	19-9	4-2	19-9	4-6	3L
Timberwolves	32	20	0.615	119.6	114.8	4.8	17-8	15-12	5-5	18-15	5-5	1W
Trail Blazers	23	28	0.451	115.3	118.1	-2.8	13-13	10-15	4-4	18-15	4-6	6L
Jazz	16	35	0.314	118.3	126.9	-8.6	10-17	6-18	1-8	9-24	2-8	1W

West Pacific	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Lakers	30	19	0.612	116.3	116.2	0.1	12-8	18-11	4-6	20-12	6-4	1W
Suns	31	20	0.608	114.1	111.6	2.5	17-7	14-13	8-5	21-14	7-3	1W
Warriors	27	24	0.529	116.2	114	2.2	17-9	10-15	5-3	17-14	5-5	2L
Clippers	23	27	0.46	112.3	113.1	-0.8	13-11	10-16	6-4	13-15	6-4	2L
Kings	12	40	0.231	110.5	120.5	-10	9-17	3-23	2-7	8-26	0-10	10L

West Southwest	W	L	PCT	PPG	OPP PPG	DIFF	Home	Road	Div	Conf	Last 10	Strk
Spurs	34	16	0.68	116.9	111.8	5.1	18-6	16-10	8-3	20-13	7-3	2W
Rockets	31	18	0.633	115.5	110.1	5.4	17-5	14-13	6-5	17-15	7-3	1L
Grizzlies	20	29	0.408	115.3	117	-1.7	11-15	9-14	5-6	16-17	3-7	2W
Mavericks	19	31	0.38	113.8	116.5	-2.7	14-15	5-16	3-7	11-21	4-6	5L
Pelicans	13	40	0.245	114.5	121	-6.5	8-19	5-21	6-7	7-26	3-7	3L