The Houston Rockets (24-12) are just 2.5-point underdogs as they attempt to build on a four-game road winning streak when they visit the Memphis Grizzlies (24-13) on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at FedExForum. The game airs at 8:00 PM ET on SCHN and FDSSE.

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Grizzlies vs. Rockets Game Info & Odds

• Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: SCHN and FDSSE
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: Memphis, Tennessee
• Venue: FedExForum

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Grizzlies vs. Rockets Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Grizzlies 116 – Rockets 113

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Spread & Total Prediction for Grizzlies vs. Rockets

• Pick ATS: Grizzlies (- 2.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Grizzlies (-3.4)
• Pick OU:

  Under (233.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 228.8

• The Rockets (21-15-0 ATS) have covered the spread 64.9% of the time, 6.6% less often than the Grizzlies (24-13-0) this year.
• When the spread is set as 2.5 or more this season, Memphis (15-8) covers a higher percentage of those games when it is the favorite (65.2%) than Houston (3-3) does as the underdog (50%).
• Memphis and its opponents have exceeded the total 62.2% of the time this season (23 out of 37). That’s more often than Houston and its opponents have (18 out of 36).
• The Grizzlies have a .760 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (19-6) this season while the Rockets have a .400 winning percentage as a moneyline underdog (4-6).

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Grizzlies Performance Insights

• The Grizzlies have been led by their offense, as they rank best in the NBA by averaging 123.1 points per game. They rank 21st in the league in points allowed (114.7 per contest).
• Memphis is allowing 43.5 rebounds per game this year (10th-ranked in NBA), but it has thrived by grabbing 48.7 rebounds per game (second-best).
• The Grizzlies have been one of the top teams in the league in terms of assists, as they are collecting 30.3 per game (second-best in NBA).
• Although Memphis is averaging 16.5 turnovers per game (second-worst in NBA), it ranks fifth-best in the league by forcing 15.8 turnovers per contest.
• With 14.1 three-pointers per game, the Grizzlies rank ninth in the NBA. They have a 36.9% shooting percentage from three-point land, which ranks 11th in the league.

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Rockets Performance Insights

• Offensively, the Rockets are the 13th-ranked squad in the league (112.9 points per game). Defensively, they are third-best (106.8 points allowed per game).
• In 2024-25, Houston is best in the league in rebounds (48.9 per game) and ninth in rebounds allowed (43.4).
• This season the Rockets are second-worst in the league in assists at 22.0 per game.
• In terms of turnovers, Houston is sixth in the league in committing them (12.6 per game). It is 11th in forcing them (14.3 per game).
• In 2024-25 the Rockets are fifth-worst in the NBA in 3-point makes (11.9 per game) and second-worst in 3-point percentage (32.8%).

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