Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs Final — October 23, 2026
HOUOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)SA
HOUDefenseSAHOUTeamSAHOULast 10 gamesSAInjuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
HOURest & travelSAHOUKey injuriesSAAbout these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 23, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Rockets visited the Spurs on Friday, October 23 at 9:40 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Rockets scored 115.2 points per game (18th of 30) and allowed 110.0 (5th). The Spurs scored 119.9 points per game (3rd of 30) and allowed 111.6 (8th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Rockets 115.9 (9th), Spurs 117.6 (3rd). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Rockets 111.1 (6th), Spurs 109.4 (3rd). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Rockets +4.8 (7th), Spurs +8.2 (2nd). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Spurs closed as 5.5-point favorites at home against the Rockets. The spread opened at Spurs -6.5. The total closed at 224.5, down from 226.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Rockets +162, Spurs -195) prices the Rockets at 37% and the Spurs at 63%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Houston Rockets 114, San Antonio Spurs 110
Houston Rockets won by 4.
- Against the closing spread (San Antonio Spurs -5.5): Houston Rockets covered.
- Combined score 224 vs the closing total of 224.5: Under.
- Houston Rockets closed at +162 on the moneyline (a 37% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Rockets +6.5 (-105)
Rockets +5.5 (-113)
Spurs -272 70%
Spurs -195 63%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game26.015th
- Rebounds per game5.592nd
- Assists per game4.850th
- Minutes per game36.4
- Points per game20.438th
- Rebounds per game8.917th
- Assists per game6.220th
- Minutes per game33.3
- Points per game25.017th
- Rebounds per game11.54th
- Assists per game3.1112th
- Minutes per game29.2
- Points per game18.655th
- Rebounds per game3.8186th
- Assists per game6.220th
- Minutes per game31.0
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 390 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Rockets won 9 and the Spurs 7.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2026 | Rockets 120, Spurs 145 Spurs won | ||
| Jan 28, 2026 | Spurs 111, Rockets 99 Spurs won | ||
| Jan 20, 2026 | Spurs 106, Rockets 111 Rockets won | ||
| Nov 7, 2025 | Rockets 110, Spurs 121 Spurs won | ||
| Feb 26, 2025 | Spurs 106, Rockets 118 Rockets won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Houston Rockets
- Houston Rockets team stats
- Houston Rockets at Milwaukee Bucks (Oct 28)
- Atlanta Hawks 110, Houston Rockets 120 (Oct 26)
- Houston Rockets 121, Atlanta Hawks 114 (Oct 24)
- Dallas Mavericks 110, Houston Rockets 128 (Oct 21)
San Antonio Spurs
- San Antonio Spurs team stats
- San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz (Oct 28)
- Sacramento Kings 103, San Antonio Spurs 130 (Oct 27)
- San Antonio Spurs 122, Dallas Mavericks 106 (Oct 24)
- Oklahoma City Thunder 116, San Antonio Spurs 104 (Oct 20)
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More NBA games on October 23, 2026
- Chicago Bulls 132, Milwaukee Bucks 125 (Oct 23)
- New York Knicks 103, Boston Celtics 107 (Oct 23)
- Atlanta Hawks 128, Charlotte Hornets 81 (Oct 23)
- Dallas Mavericks 121, Indiana Pacers 105 (Oct 23)
- Minnesota Timberwolves 115, Orlando Magic 93 (Oct 23)
- Toronto Raptors 112, Washington Wizards 102 (Oct 23)
- Detroit Pistons 128, Miami Heat 111 (Oct 23)
- New Orleans Pelicans 119, Utah Jazz 120 (Oct 23)
- Memphis Grizzlies 111, Golden State Warriors 108 (Oct 23)
- Los Angeles Clippers 117, Los Angeles Lakers 125 (Oct 23)
- Portland Trail Blazers 128, Sacramento Kings 120 (Oct 23)
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