{"id":460543,"date":"2026-10-08T22:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/460543\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T22:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:24:09","slug":"how-to-watch-houston-rockets-dallas-mavericks-kyrie-irving-could-debut-in-game-1-of-the-nba-china-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/460543\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch Houston Rockets-Dallas Mavericks: Kyrie Irving could debut in Game 1 of the NBA China Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9r\">Game date, time and location: Friday, Oct. 9, 7:10 a.m. CT, Venetian Arena, Macao (China)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9w\">TV: NBA TV<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a1\">Radio: Sportstalk 790 AM (Houston), KEGL (Dallas)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a6\">VITALS: The Rockets and Mavericks are the second set of NBA teams to square off in Macao, following the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns, who matched up prior to last season. This is part of the NBA China Games and Rockets legend Yao Ming has been part of the welcoming committee for both teams. Mavs wing Naji Marshall broke a rim in a practice session. The teams will also play on Sunday in the same arena. New Mavs head coach Dusty May intends to play Kyrie Irving on the trip. The Rockets are 107-98 against the Mavericks in the regular season all-time, winning five of the last eight.<\/p>\n<p>STORYLINES<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ag\">The Rockets have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/rockets\/onsi\/rockets-have-plenty-to-gain-from-two-preseason-games-in-china-01m4bqsdmw7j\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plenty to gain<\/a>  as they open the preseason with the 2026 NBA China Games, getting key players like Fred VanVleet and Steven Adams back from injuries in addition to seeing what improvements younger players have made in the offseason<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"al\">Foward Kevin Durant has spent a lot of time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/rockets\/onsi\/kevin-durant-gets-message-from-kyrie-irving-ahead-of-rivalry-matchup-01m49sz946d2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talking with Kyrie Irving<\/a> as the Dallas Mavericks guard approaches his return from injury. Rumors are already swirling that the veteran duo would love to reunite once again.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"aq\">Houston has a lot of x-factors in play for 2026-27. Steve Nash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/rockets\/onsi\/steve-nash-thinks-3-rockets-players-could-make-a-leap-soon-01m49jwjaaej\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">praised three young Rockets<\/a> who could make the leap this upcoming season. <\/p>\n<p>PROJECTED STARTERS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"b0\">ROCKETS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"b5\">F Kevin Durant<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ba\">F Jabari Smith<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bf\">C Alperen Sengun<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bk\">G Fred VanVleet<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bp\">G Amen Thompson<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bu\">MAVERICKS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bz\">F Cooper Flagg<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c4\">F PJ Washington<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c9\">C Daniel Gafford<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ce\">G Kyrie Irving<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"cj\">G Max Christie<\/p>\n<p>INJURY REPORT<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-22\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ct\">ROCKETS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-23\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"cy\">G Fred Van Vleet: GTD (ACL)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-24\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"d3\">MAVERICKS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-25\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"d8\">G Kyrie Irving: GTD (ACL)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-26\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"dd\">C Dereck Lively: Out (Foot)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-27\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"di\">F Santi Aldama: GTD (Undisclosed)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-28\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"dn\">F Morez Johnson: GTD (Undisclosed)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-30\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"dx\">Spread: Rockets -8.5 (-105), Mavericks +8.5 (-115)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-31\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"e2\">Moneyline: Rockets -300, Mavericks +245\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-32\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"e7\">Total points scored: 227.5 (Over -110, Under -110)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-33\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ec\">Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-34\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"eh\">If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n<p>QUOTABLE<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-36\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"er\">&#8220;We\u2019re very thankful for this opponent. Houston is going to be able to expose some things with us. The physicality, the intensity they play with is something our young players need to see and need to feel, especially after a long offseason. This should shock our systems and get us prepared to hopefully play championship-level basketball.&#8221; &#8211; Mavs first-year head coach Dusty May<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-LyXmYLvQ.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"ex\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game date, time and location: Friday, Oct. 9, 7:10 a.m. CT, Venetian Arena, Macao (China) TV: NBA TV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-460543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}