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10/29 01:02 CDT Mavericks and Rockets meet Friday in NBA Cup group stage
Mavericks and Rockets meet Friday in NBA Cup group stage
By The Associated Press
Houston Rockets (5-0, first in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks
(3-2, seventh in the Western Conference)
Dallas; Friday, 8 p.m. EDT
LINE: Rockets -4.5; over/under is 226.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Rockets visit the Houston Rockets in an NBA Cup
in-season tournament group play matchup.
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.
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.
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 Jr., while Cooper
Flagg scored 32 points for the Mavericks.
INJURIES: Mavericks: Santi Aldama: out (knee), Tarik Biberovic: out (heel),
Sergio De Larrea: out (knee), Dereck Lively II: out (foot), Naji Marshall: out
(illness).
Rockets: Alperen Sengun: day to day (back), Marcus Smart: day to day (forearm),
Steven Adams: out (soleus).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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