Houston Rockets vs Charlotte Hornets Prediction, 12/23/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Houston Rockets vs Charlotte Hornets

Date: Monday, December 23, 2024

Location: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The Houston Rockets (18-9) are on their way to Spectrum Center on Monday where they will try to defeat the Charlotte Hornets (7-20).

The Rockets stepped onto the hardwood against the Pelicans and earned the victory with a final of 133-113 in their last game. Houston wrapped up the game having earned a 57.5% FG percentage (50 of 87) and converted 17 of their 39 3-pointers. At the free throw line, the Rockets knocked down 16 of 19 attempts for a percentage of 84.2%. Regarding grabbing boards, they collected a total of 42 with 6 of them being on the offensive end. They also recorded 34 assists for the contest as well as forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and having 7 steals. With regard to the defense, Houston allowed the other team to shoot 44.6% from the floor on 41 of 92 shooting. New Orleans distributed 25 dimes and had 6 steals for this contest. In addition, New Orleans snagged 37 rebounds (11 offensive, 26 defensive) and had 6 blocked shots. New Orleans ended up going 72.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 18 of 25 tries. They also buried 13 of 28 attempts from downtown. Concerning fouls, the Rockets ended up finishing with 20 and the Pelicans finished the game with 22 fouls.

Jalen Green is a guy who came through for the matchup. Green finished shooting 59.1% from the field and also earned 3 assists. He was on the hardwood for 32 mins played and also collected 6 rebounds. He walked away with 34 points on 13 of 22 shooting.

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Houston comes into this contest with a win-loss record of 18-9 for the campaign. They currently have an average of 112.9 points per outing (15th in basketball) while connecting on 44.2% from the field. The Rockets are shooting 32.7% on shots from 3-point land (321 of 982) and 76.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Houston is grabbing 49.1 boards per game and has 614 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 27th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 13.4 times per game and as a unit are committing 20.4 personal fouls every game.

On the defensive end, the Rockets are forcing 15.0 turnovers per contest and they draw 20.5 fouls. They relinquish 34.5% on 3-pointers while they are 3rd in the league in PPG allowed (106.4). The Rockets defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 43.5% (1,039 of 2,391) and they concede 43.7 boards per game as a squad. They rank 1st in basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 589 conceded on the campaign.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Hornets took a loss by a final score of 123-114 against the Wizards. In the matter of how they rebounded, Charlotte permitted Washington to grab 52 in total (12 on the offensive glass). They went 40.5% from 3-point land by connecting on 17 of 42 and walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 31 at the free throw line (77.4%). The Hornets allowed the Wizards to bury 41 of their 83 tries from the floor which had them shooting 49.4% in the matchup. At the conclusion of this game, the Hornets shot 43 for 106 from the floor which gave them a rate of 40.6%. Concerning shots from beyond the arc, Charlotte converted 8 out of their 43 attempts (18.6%). They were able to convert 20 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 74.1%. The Wizards earned 18 fouls for the game which got the Hornets to the charity stripe for 27 shots. They gave up possession of the ball 8 times, while getting 12 steals for the contest. The Hornets earned 30 defensive rebounds and 22 offensive boards totaling 52 in this game.

LaMelo Ball was important for the Hornets in this matchup. Ball tallied 34 points in his 34 mins on the court and tallied 13 dimes in this matchup. He made 11 out of 32 for this game for a field goal rate of 34.4%, and tallied 4 rebounds.

Charlotte has a win-loss record of 7-20 for the campaign. The Hornets commit 21.4 personal fouls per contest and they hit 77.3% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 23.5 times per game (27th in the NBA) and they are giving up possession 16.1 times per contest. Charlotte has accumulated 2,887 points on the campaign (106.9 per contest) and they collect 45.5 rebounds per contest. As an offensive team, the Hornets are shooting 42.8% from the field, which ranks 30th in basketball.

The Charlotte defense allows 36.3% on 3-pointers (374 of 1,031) and their opponents are connecting on 77.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 26.0 dimes and 43.1 rebounds per game, which is ranked 16th and 8th in basketball. The Hornets on defense are ranked 15th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 113.1. They are able to force 14.7 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 47.2% from the field (21st in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Houston

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