Atlanta Hawks vs Houston Rockets Prediction, 3/25/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Atlanta Hawks vs Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Location: Toyota Center in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

The Houston Rockets (46-26) will try to defeat the Atlanta Hawks (35-36) at Toyota Center on Tuesday.

The Hawks faced off with the 76ers and notched a win by a score of 132-119 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Hawks walked away with 26 while the 76ers totaled 18 fouls. They also buried 11 of their 34 shots from three-point range. Philadelphia finished the game at 75.7% from the charity stripe by making 28 of their 37 tries. Furthermore, Philadelphia pulled down 37 rebounds (13 offensive, 24 defensive) and earned 4 blocked shots. Philadelphia dished out 24 dimes and had 8 steals in this matchup. In relation to defense, Atlanta allowed the other team to shoot 44.0% from the field on 40 out of 91 shooting. They also doled out 35 assists in this matchup in addition to creating 13 turnovers and having 11 steals. In terms of pulling down boards, they earned 39 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Hawks knocked down 19 of 22 attempts for a rate of 86.4%. Atlanta walked away from the contest with a 55.2% field goal percentage (48 of 87) and buried 17 out of their 37 shots from beyond the arc.

Trae Young is one player who was a major factor for the matchup. Young finished shooting 58.3% from the floor and also distributed 12 dimes. He saw the court for 33 mins and grabbed 1 board. He had 28 points on 7 out of 12 shooting.

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Atlanta enters this game with a record of 35-36 this year. They average 117.6 pts per game (5th in basketball) while shooting 46.9% from the field. The Hawks are hitting 35.6% on three-point shots (937 of 2,635) and 77.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Atlanta is pulling down 44.6 boards per contest and has totaled 2,088 dimes this season, which ranks 2nd in basketball in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 15.7 times per contest and as a unit are committing 18.9 personal fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Hawks are forcing 16.2 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.5 fouls. They are relinquishing 37.3% on shots from downtown and they are ranked 26th in basketball in points per game allowed (119.3). The Hawks defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 48.2% (3,095 of 6,425) and they relinquish 43.9 boards per contest as a squad. They are ranked 26th in basketball in giving up assists with 2,025 surrendered so far this season.

In their last game, the Rockets walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 116-111 when they faced the Nuggets. The Rockets were able to pull down 29 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive boards totaling 45 in this game. They turned it over 6 times, while recording 4 steals in the game. The Nuggets committed 23 personal fouls for this game which got the Rockets to the charity stripe for a total of 34 tries. They were able to convert 22 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 64.7%. In regard to shooting from 3-point land, Houston converted 11 out of their 34 tries (32.4%). In all, the Rockets finished shooting 39 out of 89 from the floor which had them at 43.8%. The Rockets allowed the Nuggets to make 44 out of 87 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 50.6% for this game. They went 47.6% from three-point range by hitting 10 of 21 and ended up going 18 out of 26 at the free throw line (69.2%). When discussing cleaning up the glass, Houston permitted Denver to grab 43 in total (10 offensive).

Jalen Green ended up being a major contributor for the Rockets in the matchup. He knocked down 8 of 22 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 36.4%, and had 2 rebounds. Green racked up 30 points in his 36 mins of playing time and tallied 5 assists for the contest.

Houston has a record of 46-26 for the season. The Rockets are committing 19.3 personal fouls per game and they shoot 73.8% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 22.9 times per contest (29th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 14.0 times per game. Houston has 8,173 pts on the campaign (113.5 per game) and they average 48.6 boards per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Rockets are connecting on 45.1% from the field, which is ranked 25th in basketball.

The Houston defense allows 35.4% on shots from beyond the arc (871 of 2,462) and opponents are making 75.6% of their free throw shots. They give up 22.9 assists and 42.3 boards every game, which ranks them 2nd and 5th in the league. The Rockets are ranked 5th in the league in points per game surrendered with 109.1. They are forcing 14.4 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 45.6% from the field (5th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Atlanta

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