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Will the Rockets beat the Hawks?

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Rockets win chance

68%

Typical margin: Rockets by 6.5

Hawks 32%Rockets 68%

In short

  • Our ratings favor the Rockets by 5.3 points, home court included
  • Injuries tilt it toward the Rockets by 1.0 points

Why this number

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Every step from a coin flip to our number, in the order our model adds them.

  1. An even game50%Every game starts as a coin flip.
  2. Home court+1161%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Rockets.
  3. See how far every step moved our number.
  4. Our numberRockets 68%

Each step is that piece's share of the model, so the steps add up to the number we published.

The range

In 9 of 10 simulations, the result lands between Hawks by 16 and Rockets by 29.

← Hawks winRockets win →

What if he's out?

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Switch a player off and we rerun the game without him.

Rockets win chance

68%

Everyone plays
Hawks 32%Rockets 68%
  • Top scorerHawks
  • Top scorerRockets

In our model a star out costs his team 4.5 points, up to 9 for a whole roster.

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Injury report

Hawks

  • Henri VeesaarOut
  • Keshon GilbertDay-To-Day
  • Luguentz DortDay-To-Day
  • Jalen JohnsonDay-To-Day
  • Mouhamed GueyeDay-To-Day
Our method
  • We simulate the final margin 40,000 times from our team ratings (Elo, fitted walk-forward) and the ESPN injury report.
  • The win chance is the share of those simulations each team wins.
  • Model v1.2.0, updated Oct 9.
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