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Indiana Pacers vs Houston Rockets Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 12/29/25

Updated: 10:53 AM ET Dec 29, 2025

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6-26	Record	19-10
15-17-0	ATS Record	17-12-0
13-19	O/U Record	17-12

Pacers vs Rockets Pickswise Expert Predictions

Point Spread Pick

HOU Rockets -14.5(-110)

Reasoning

Owners of the current longest losing streak in the NBA the Indiana Pacers head to Houston in hopes of winning for the first time in 9 games played. It has been a season to forget for the Eastern Conference champions, after 32 games played they’ve accumulated just 6 wins and I’m afraid there’s no hope of them to make it into the play-in tournament even in the weak Eastern Conference. During this losing streak they have the league’s worst offensive rating at just 104.9 points per 100 possessions, that’s 2.5 points worse than the team above them the Bucks. Defensively there are 4 teams with a worse efficiency rating during this stretch, Indiana is allowing 119.4 points per 100 possessions.

The Rockets have seemingly bounced back from their mini crisis that they were in over the past couple of weeks. They’ve now won back-to-back games over the Lakers and Cavaliers, both by double-digits. Alperen Sengun decided to take the night off against the Cavaliers and it didn’t make much of a difference. Even without him the defense was on point, holding the Cavs to just 100 points, which is great news for a team that allowed 128 and 125 points vs the Clippers and Kings not too long ago. Sengun’s status is still up in the air here as he recovers from a calf injury, but given the strength of Houston’s opponent here I wouldn’t be surprised if they decided to sit him out for this one.

Despite being 9-2 SU at home the Rockets haven’t been all that reliable against the spread, covering in just 6 of those 11 games. Indiana comes into this one as a 14.5-point underdog, they do have a head-to-head record that’s on their side here having won 10 of 11 meetings and 5 of 6 at Toyota Center. Those wins were accumulated in years prior when health wasn’t such an issue as this year. Hopefully the Rockets guard against complacency here and get the job done. I’ll take them to cover.

Indiana Pacers vs Houston Rockets Predictions: Rockets -14.5 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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