Memphis Grizzlies vs Houston Rockets — Win Probability
FINAL
Memphis Grizzlies
1-0
108
VS
Houston Rockets
0-1
128
Model expected score: Memphis Grizzlies 110.1 – Houston Rockets 116.5 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)
Injury Report
Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.
MEM
Isaiah StewartDay-To-Day
Quinten PostDay-To-Day
Scotty Pippen Jr.Out
Richie SaundersOut
HOU
Oscar TshiebweDay-To-Day
Clint CapelaOut
Steven AdamsOut
Prediction vs. Result
We keep every prediction permanently so we can always show our work.
PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Rockets 68%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Rockets won by 20
COMBINED SCORE
236
Margin of Victory — Houston Rockets (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost
32%
Won by 1-3
8%
Won by 4-7
11%
Won by 8-14
19%
Won by 15-21 ← actual result
15%
Won by 21+
15%
Total Score — Over / Under
Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 236.
O/U LINE 210
81% over ✓19% under
O/U LINE 220
64% over ✓36% under
O/U LINE 230 MODEL'S PICK
43% over ✓57% under
O/U LINE 240
24% over76% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
11% over89% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
4% over96% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
MEM
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
Ja MorantPG
23.2
Jaren Jackson Jr.C
22.2
Desmond BaneSG
19.2
Jaylen WellsSG
10.4
Scotty Pippen Jr.PG
9.9
HOU
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).