The Atlanta Hawks will look to extend their four-game win streak when they host the Houston Rockets at State Farm Arena tonight.<\/p>\n
Jalen Johnson has surged over his last five games, and my Rockets vs. Hawks predictions expect another strong showing from the do-it-all forward.<\/p>\n
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Here are my best free NBA picks<\/a> for this inter-conference matchup on Thursday, January 29.<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks prediction<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks best bet: Jalen Johnson Over 39.5 points + rebounds + assists (-112)<\/p>\n Jalen Johnson<\/a> is enjoying a career-best season, averaging 22.9 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 7.9 dimes, good for 41.3 PRA. He\u2019s reached 40+ PRA in 27 of 45 games this season and 11 of 19 at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n He’s been even better as of late, averaging 44.6 PRA across his last five outings and hitting the Over on this combo line four times. <\/p>\n The Atlanta Hawks<\/a> will play the second leg of a back-to-back set tonight, but Johnson has thrived in that situation all season. In seven games played with no rest, he\u2019s reached 40+ PRA six times and averaged 47.6.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Johnson is hot right now, and he’ll face a Houston Rockets<\/a> team that’s playing its second back-to-back set and fifth game in the last seven days. I expect him to stuff the stat sheet in front of the home crowd.<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks same-game parlay<\/p>\n The Hawks have won and covered in four straight and six of their last 10. The Rockets are just 3-7 ATS in that span, and the Rockets dropped a home game to the San Antonio Spurs last night. <\/p>\n Based on recent form, I’ll back the home team to cover a small spread tonight.<\/p>\n The Rockets are 2-8 to the Under across their last 10, and the Hawks are 4-6 to the Under in that span.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks SGP<\/p>\n Jalen Johnson Over 39.5 points + rebounds + assists<\/p>\n Our “from downtown” SGP: Good Sheppard<\/p>\n Reed Sheppard<\/a> shot 41.4% from beyond the arc over his first 42 games, but he’s knocked down just 2-of-18 three-pointers across his last three games. He’s due for a bounce-back performance against a middle-of-the-pack perimeter defense.<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks SGP<\/p>\n Jalen Johnson Over 39.5 points + rebounds + assists<\/p>\n Reed Sheppard Over 2.5 made 3-pointers<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks odds<\/p>\n Spread: Houston -3.5 (-110) | Atlanta +3.5 (-110)<\/p>\n Moneyline: Houston -160 | Atlanta +135<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 225.5 (-110) | Under 225.5 (-110)<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks betting trend to know<\/p>\n The Rockets have hit the Under in 15 of their last 18 games (+11.70 Units \/ 59% ROI). Find more\u00a0NBA betting trends<\/a> for Rockets vs. Hawks.<\/p>\n How to watch Rockets vs Hawks<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Thursday, January 29, 2026<\/p>\n Tip-off<\/p>\n 8:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n Space City Home Network, FDSN Southeast Atlanta<\/p>\n Rockets vs Hawks latest injuries<\/p>\n Not intended for use in MA. Advertisement<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Hawks will look to extend their four-game win streak when they host the Houston Rockets at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[676,208,7,292,194,4066,2990,6,1081,211,474,1101],"class_list":{"0":"post-568709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-rockets","13":"tag-houstonrockets","14":"tag-jalen-johnson","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-reed-sheppard","17":"tag-rockets","18":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","19":"tag-the-rockets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115979059526398781","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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