Houston Rockets

2026-27 season · West · 7–1 · #2 in our team strength

LiveWed Nov 4 MINTimberwolves– HOURockets– Our pick HOU · est. 66% 9:00 PMSat HOURockets PHXSuns Pick posts before tip-off 8:30 PMMon DENNuggets HOURockets Pick posts before tip-off 9:30 PMWed GSWWarriors HOURockets Pick posts before tip-off 8:30 PMFri UTAJazz HOURockets Pick posts before tip-off 7:00 PMSun HOURockets WASWizards Pick posts before tip-off

Results · our picks 5 of 8 rightAll

FinalMon Nov 2 BOSCeltics93 HOURockets109 Our pick HOU · est. 61%Our pick right FinalSat Oct 31 OKCThunder98 HOURockets119 Our pick OKC · est. 55%Our pick wrong FinalFri Oct 30 HOURockets111 DALMavericks116 Our pick HOU · est. 75%Our pick wrong FinalWed Oct 28 HOURockets132 MILBucks100 Our pick HOU · est. 78%Our pick right FinalMon Oct 26 ATLHawks110 HOURockets120 Our pick HOU · est. 64%Our pick right FinalSat Oct 24 HOURockets121 ATLHawks114 Our pick HOU · est. 53%Our pick right FinalFri Oct 23 HOURockets114 SASSpurs110 Our pick SAS · est. 52%Our pick wrong FinalWed Oct 21 DALMavericks110 HOURockets128 Our pick HOU · est. 75%Our pick right

Quick answers

Will the Houston Rockets make the playoffs?

Our model gives them est. >99% as of Nov 4 (a top-6 seed or a spot through the play-in), with a title chance of est. 16%. It's a projection from the data and it changes as the season goes.

When do the Rockets play next?

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns, Sat, Nov 7. Our pick posts before tip-off.

How accurate are our Rockets predictions?

5 right of 8 Rockets games graded so far this season. The full record is on the How accurate page.

At a glance

Record7–1#1 in the West

Team strength#2of 30

Our picks5 of 862% right

Team strength: 8.5 points per 100 possessions better than an average team (as of Nov 4).

WestFull standings

1HOURockets7–1.875 2MEMGrizzlies6–1.857 3PORTrail Blazers5–1.833 4LALLakers6–2.750 5OKCThunder tied5–2.714 5SASSpurs tied5–2.714 7GSWWarriors tied5–3.625 7MINTimberwolves tied5–3.625 9DALMavericks4–3.571 10DENNuggets3–3.500 11NOPPelicans3–4.429 12PHXSuns1–4.200 13LACClippers tied1–6.143 13SACKings tied1–6.143 13UTAJazz tied1–6.143

Ordered by win %; teams with the same record are marked tied (the NBA's tiebreakers decide those).

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60.5Projected wins

>99%Make the playoffs (a top-6 seed or through the play-in)

16%Win the title

From 5,000 simulated seasons; estimates, shown from <1% to >99%. Every team

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