The Houston Rockets (20-23) are favored, by 5.5 points, versus the Charlotte Hornets (10-32) on January 26, 2024 at Spectrum Center. The Hornets are struggling right now, going 2-8 in their past 10 games. The matchup’s over/under is 223.5.
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Spread: Rockets (-5.5) to Cover
- Both DraftKings and the model expect the Rockets to walk away with the victory, but the model spread (8.2) is 2.7 points further in their direction.
- Houston is 21-20-2 ATS this season.
- The Rockets are 5-2 ATS this season when playing as at least 5.5-point favorites.
- Charlotte’s ATS record is 15-26-1 this year.
- When playing as at least 5.5-point underdogs this year, the Hornets have an ATS record of 11-17-1.
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Total: Over 223.5
- The model predicts a total 3.6 points higher than the one set by DraftKings for this game.
- In 18 games this year, Houston and its opponent have combined to score more than 223.5 points.
- There have been 25 Charlotte’s games this season with more than 223.5 points scored.
- The Rockets and their opponents have combined to hit the over 20 out of 43 times this season.
- A total of 21 Hornets games this season have hit the over.
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Moneyline Winner: Rockets (-218)
- Prediction: Rockets 118, Hornets 109
- This season, Houston has been favored 14 times and won 11, or 78.6%, of those games.
- Charlotte has been an underdog in 38 games this season and has come away with the win eight times (21.1%) in those contests.
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Alperen Sengun Points Prop: Over 23.5
- Alperen Sengun posts 22.1 points, 9.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, shooting 54.1% from the field.
- The 22.1 points Sengun has scored per game this season is 1.4 fewer than his prop total set for Friday (23.5).
- So far this season, Sengun is 28-for-44 at hitting the over on the total set for his points prop.
- The Hornets are the third-worst team in the league in points scored (108.7 per game) and 24th in points conceded (119.8).
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