{"id":462689,"date":"2026-10-11T04:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T04:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/462689\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T04:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T04:24:12","slug":"how-to-watch-houston-rockets-dallas-mavericks-kyrie-news-ahead-of-nba-china-games-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/462689\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch Houston Rockets-Dallas Mavericks: Kyrie news ahead of NBA China Games finale"},"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: Sunday, Oct. 11, 5:10 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>VITALS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a6\">The Rockets and Mavericks close their two-game set in Macao after a Houston rout in the opening contest less than 48 hours prior to this scheduled tip. Houston rolled to a 135-117 conquest in the opener in a wire-to-wire win. Fred VanVleet led the starters with 17 points and helped build an early cushion with an early 3-point barrage. Alperen Sengun produced a triple-double (16-10-10) in just 21:47, while Tari Eason led all scorers with 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ab\">Houston and Dallas 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. New Mavs head coach Dusty May said he intended to play Kyrie Irving on the trip, so the expectation is he&#8217;ll return to action in this contest. 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-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"al\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/rockets\/onsi\/update-on-kevin-durant-for-rockets-second-preseason-game-01m4h5xgc45r\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decision on Kevin Durant&#8217;s availability for Game 2 has been made<\/a> after 15-point effort Friday<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"aq\">Word has come down from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/rockets\/onsi\/rockets-gm-discusses-kevin-durant-s-fit-with-young-core-01m4k4j9p06p\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GM Rafael Stone on Durant&#8217;s fit <\/a>among the Rockets&#8217; core<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"av\">Mavs star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/rockets\/onsi\/cooper-flagg-credits-kevin-durant-for-offensive-growth-01m4ja5nxay6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Flagg looks up to Durant<\/a> and credits his example as an inspiration<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"b0\">PROJECTED STARTERS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"b5\">ROCKETS<\/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 Tari Eason<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bf\">F Jabari Smith<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bk\">C Alperen Sengun<\/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 Marcus Smart<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bu\">G Amen Thompson<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bz\">MAVERICKS<\/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 Cooper Flagg<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c9\">F Naji Marshall<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ce\">C Morez Johnson Jr.<\/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 Kyrie Irving<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"co\">G Max Christie<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-22\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ct\">INJURY REPORT<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-23\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"cy\">ROCKETS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-24\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"d3\">F Kevin Durant: Out (Rest) <\/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 Fred VanVleet: GTD (Rest)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-26\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"dd\">MAVERICKS<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-27\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"di\">G Kyrie Irving: GTD (ACL)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-28\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"dn\">C Dereck Lively: Out (Foot)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-29\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ds\">F Santi Aldama: GTD (Undisclosed)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-31\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"e2\">Spread: Rockets -2.5 (-105), Mavericks +2.5 (-115)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-32\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"e7\">Moneyline: Rockets -130, Mavericks +106\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-33\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ec\">Total: 230.5 (Over -112, Under -112)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-34\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"eh\">Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-35\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"em\">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-37\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ew\">&#8220;He wanted to get a little more reps out there with Fred and some guys he hadn&#8217;t played with as much, and so he&#8217;s not gonna play next game. Like I said, he never wants to come out of the game, so we tried to get him a few stints, but (he) played a lot of regular-season minutes last year. We want to get that down to some extent and use our depth and not have to rely on him as much.&#8221; &#8211; Rockets head coach Ime Udoka on Durant<\/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-DqWrLptv.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"f2\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game date, time and location: Sunday, Oct. 11, 5:10 a.m. CT, Venetian Arena, Macao (China) TV: NBA TV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-462689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462689","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=462689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}