{"id":615730,"date":"2026-02-21T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615730\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:27:11","slug":"knicks-vs-rockets-prediction-odds-line-time-2026-nba-picks-for-saturday-feb-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615730\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks vs. Rockets prediction, odds, line, time: 2026 NBA picks for Saturday, Feb. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Rockets<\/a> face the New York Knicks<\/a> in a key NBA interconference matchup on Saturday night. Houston is coming off a 105-101 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday, while New York dropped a 126-111 decision to the Detroit Pistons that same night. The Rockets (34-20), who are second in the Southwest Division, are 16-13 on the road this season. The Knicks (35-21), who are second in the Atlantic Division, are 21-8 on their home court. <\/p>\n

Tipoff from Madison Square Garden in New York is set for 8:30 p.m. ET. The Knicks lead the all-time series 79-76, but the Rockets have won two of the last three meetings. The Knicks are a 3.5-point favorite in the latest Rockets vs. Knicks odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 217.5. Before making any Knicks vs. Rockets picks,\u00a0check out the NBA predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0profit for $100 players on its top-rated\u00a0NBA picks<\/a>\u00a0over the past eight-plus seasons. The model exited the NBA All-Star break on a sizzling 38-17 roll on top-rated NBA spread picks dating back to last season. Anyone following its\u00a0NBA betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen huge returns.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Rockets vs. Knicks<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted NBA picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several NBA odds<\/a> and NBA betting<\/a> lines for Knicks vs. Rockets:<\/p>\n

Rockets vs. Knicks spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York -2.5 at DraftKings\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rockets vs. Knicks over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

217.5 points<\/p>\n

Rockets vs. Knicks money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Knicks -163, Rockets +137<\/p>\n

Rockets vs. Knicks picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top Rockets vs. Knicks predictions<\/p>\n

After 10,000 simulations of Knicks vs. Rockets, SportsLine’s model is\u00a0going Over on the total (217.5).\u00a0The Over hit in the last head-to-head matchup between the teams. The Over has also hit in five of the last seven New York games, including in each of the last three. The Rockets are 2-8 against the spread in their last 10 games, while the Knicks are 7-3 ATS in their last 10.<\/p>\n

The SportsLine model is projecting the Rockets’ Kevin Durant<\/a> to score 23.2 points on average and be one of six Rockets players to score 11 or more points. The Knicks’ Jalen Brunson<\/a>, meanwhile, is projected to have 25.4 points as five New York players score 11.2 points or more. The teams are projected to combine for 226 points as the Over clears 61% of the time.<\/p>\n

How to make Knicks vs. Rockets picks<\/p>\n

The model has also generated an against-the-spread pick that hits in nearly 60% of simulations.\u00a0You can head to SportsLine to see the model’s NBA picks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So who wins Knicks vs. Rockets, and which side of the spread hits nearly 60% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Rockets vs. Knicks spread to back, all from the model that has returned well over $10,000 on top-rated NBA picks<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Rockets face the New York Knicks in a key NBA interconference matchup on Saturday night. Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,194,81475,81476,81477,6,24770,9199,191,81472,81473,81474],"class_list":{"0":"post-615730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-houston-rockets","10":"tag-knicks-rockets-odds","11":"tag-knicks-rockets-picks","12":"tag-knicks-rockets-prediction","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-odds","15":"tag-nba-picks","16":"tag-new-york-knicks","17":"tag-rockets-knicks-odds","18":"tag-rockets-knicks-picks","19":"tag-rockets-knicks-prediction"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116108620255048285","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615730","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=615730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}