{"id":480128,"date":"2026-10-29T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480128\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T07:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:00:07","slug":"mavericks-and-rockets-meet-friday-in-nba-cup-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480128\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks and Rockets meet Friday in NBA Cup group stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets<\/a> (5-0, first in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks<\/a> (3-2, seventh in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Dallas; Friday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

LINE: Rockets -4.5; over\/under is 226.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Rockets visit the Houston Rockets in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup.<\/p>\n

Dallas went 26-56 overall and 14-37 in Western Conference play a season ago. The Mavericks gave up 119.6 points per game while committing 18.4 fouls last season.<\/p>\n

Houston went 52-30 overall, 10-6 in Southwest Division action and 22-19 on the road last season. The Rockets averaged 8.5 steals, 5.8 blocks and 14.4 turnovers per game last season.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the second time this season. In the last meeting on Oct. 22 the Rockets won 128-110 led by 30 points from Jabari Smith<\/a> Jr., while Cooper Flagg<\/a> scored 32 points for the Mavericks.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Mavericks: Santi Aldama<\/a>: out (knee), Tarik Biberovic<\/a>: out (heel), Sergio De Larrea: out (knee), Dereck Lively II<\/a>: out (foot), Naji Marshall<\/a>: out (illness).<\/p>\n

Rockets: Alperen Sengun<\/a>: day to day (back), Marcus Smart<\/a>: day to day (forearm), Steven Adams<\/a>: out (soleus).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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