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Houston Rockets vs Atlanta Hawks Final — October 24, 2026

Houston Rockets logo
Houston Rockets
121
Top scorer Kevin Durant78 games
FINAL
Atlanta Hawks logo
Atlanta Hawks
114
Top scorer Jalen Johnson72 games
Saturday, October 24 · 8:40 PM ET
HOUOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)ATL
9th115.9
Offensive ratingpoints scored per 100 possessions
114.214th
18th115.2
PPG
118.56th
HOUDefenseATL
6th111.1
Defensive ratingpoints allowed per 100 possessions
111.911th
5th110.0
Opp PPG
116.018th
HOUTeamATL
7th+4.8
Net ratingoffensive minus defensive rating
+2.312th
HOULast 10 gamesATL
+18+18+18+18+18+4+4+4+4+4
Game by game
+7+7+47+47+47+47+47+47+47+47
10-0
Last 10
10-0
+110
Net points
+390
Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)
Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
HOURest & travelATL
1 dayback-to-back
Days of rest
1 dayback-to-back
701 mi1,128 km
Travel to the game
Home
+1 hclock change vs home
Time-zone change
Home
HOUKey injuriesATL
Reed Sheppard GOut
Players out or limited
None listed
About 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.

No key players listed.

Key players only. Injury report as of October 24, 9:40 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Rockets visited the Hawks on Saturday, October 24 at 8:40 PM ET.

Last season (2025-26), the Rockets scored 115.2 points per game (18th of 30) and allowed 110.0 (5th). The Hawks scored 118.5 points per game (6th of 30) and allowed 116.0 (18th).

Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Rockets 115.9 (9th), Hawks 114.2 (14th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Rockets 111.1 (6th), Hawks 111.9 (11th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Rockets +4.8 (7th), Hawks +2.3 (12th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.

The Hawks closed as 1.5-point favorites at home against the Rockets. The spread closed where it opened. The total closed at 227.5, down from 230.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Rockets -109, Hawks -110) prices the Rockets at 50% and the Hawks at 50%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Houston Rockets 121, Atlanta Hawks 114

Houston Rockets won by 7.

  • Against the closing spread (Atlanta Hawks -1.5): Houston Rockets covered.
  • Combined score 235 vs the closing total of 227.5: Over.
  • Houston Rockets closed at -109 on the moneyline (a 50% no-vig market-implied chance).

Market

Closing line and line movement

Spreadno move
OpenHawks -1.5 (-110)
Rockets +1.5 (-110)
CloseHawks -1.5 (-102)
Rockets +1.5 (-118)
Totaldown 3
Open230.5 (o -110 / u -110)
Close227.5 (o -110 / u -110)
Moneyline
OpenRockets -100 48%
Hawks -120 52%
CloseRockets -109 50%
Hawks -110 50%

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.

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Matchup

Players to watch

Houston Rockets logo
Rockets
78 games · Kevin Durant
  • Points per game26.015th
  • Rebounds per game5.592nd
  • Assists per game4.850th
  • Minutes per game36.4
72 games · Alperen Sengun
  • Points per game20.438th
  • Rebounds per game8.917th
  • Assists per game6.220th
  • Minutes per game33.3
Atlanta Hawks logo
Hawks
72 games · Jalen Johnson
  • Points per game22.525th
  • Rebounds per game10.310th
  • Assists per game7.97th
  • Minutes per game35.2
78 games · Nickeil Alexander-Walker
  • Points per game20.835th
  • Rebounds per game3.4212th
  • Assists per game3.781st
  • Minutes per game33.4

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 391 players with at least 20 games.

Head-to-head

The teams have met 8 times since 2022: the Rockets won 5 and the Hawks 3.

DateScoreLineTotal
Mar 20, 2026Hawks 95, Rockets 117
Rockets won

Jan 29, 2026Rockets 104, Hawks 86
Rockets won

Mar 25, 2025Hawks 114, Rockets 121
Rockets won

Jan 28, 2025Rockets 100, Hawks 96
Rockets won

Feb 10, 2024Rockets 113, Hawks 122
Hawks won

Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

Teams

Houston Rockets

Atlanta Hawks

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