The Golden State Warriors aim to extend their winning streak to nine games when they face the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night at Toyota Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET in a key Western Conference matchup.
Golden State (8-3) enters second in the Pacific Division after a 138-87 victory over New Orleans on Monday. The Warriors are 2-2 on the road this season. Houston (8-3), second in the Southwest Division, defeated Denver 110-100 the same night and boasts a 5-1 home record in the 2026-27 campaign.
Small forward Jimmy Butler remains sidelined for Golden State with a knee injury.
Oddsmakers list the Rockets as 6.5-point favorites with an over/under of 219.5 points. The money line sits at Rockets -260 and Warriors +220.
A projection model simulating the game 10,000 times leans toward the over on the total. The over has hit in five of the last seven head-to-head meetings, and the model projects 223 total points with the over cashing in 53% of simulations.
Golden State ranks second in the NBA in scoring at 120.4 points per game, while Houston sits 13th at 115.5. The model projects three Warriors players to reach double figures, led by Stephen Curry at 25.7 points on average. For the Rockets, five players are projected to exceed 11 points, paced by Kevin Durant at 23.5.
The model also indicates one side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time, though the specific side is not disclosed publicly.
