Sportsbooks don’t view the Houston Rockets (0-0) as serious championship contenders, with +8000 odds to win it all in as they ready for the 2024-25 season opener, a matchup at home against the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, October 23 at 8:00 PM ET.
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NBA playoffs & championship futures odds over time
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- Odds to win the NBA Championship: +8000 (19th in NBA)
- To make the NBA playoffs: -105 (17th among NBA teams with odds)
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Rockets’ schedule insights
- Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last year (3345), the Rockets have the fifth-toughest schedule in the league.
- According to its Southwest Division opponents’ projected win total this year, Houston will be playing the 19th-ranked divisional schedule in terms of difficulty.
- The Rockets have 52 games scheduled against teams that finished with winning records in 2023-24, including 23 games versus squads that had 50 or more wins and 15 contests against teams with fewer than 26 wins last season.
Rockets 2023-24 stat leaders
- Fred VanVleet put up a team-best 8.1 assists per game last season. He also posted 17.4 points and 3.8 rebounds, shooting 41.6% from the field and 38.7% from downtown with 3.1 made 3-pointers per game (seventh in NBA).
- Alperen Sengun paced the Rockets with 21.1 points per game and 9.3 rebounds last year, while also posting 5.0 assists.
- Jalen Green averaged 19.6 points, 3.5 assists and 5.2 rebounds per contest last year.
- Jabari Smith Jr. averaged 13.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game last season. Defensively, he put up 0.7 steals and 0.8 blocks.
Rockets 2023-24 stats
- With 114.3 points scored per game and 113.2 points conceded last season, the Rockets were 16th in the NBA offensively and 13th on defense.
- When playing at home last season, Houston put up 3.3 more points per game (116) than it did away from home (112.7).
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