The Dallas Mavericks have been in 26 clutch games this season, which leads the NBA. Dallas is 10-16 in those games and haven’t scored particularly effectively in those games. But they have played good defense to help them in those situations.
The Houston Rockets, meanwhile, have only played in 14 such games. They are 6-8 in those contests, and their two other losses came against the surging Los Angeles Clippers and these Mavericks in Dallas. That was a back-to-back that occurred without Alperen Sengun
or Steven Adams, but the Mavs took care of business and are a couple of clutch Kevin Durant triples away from being 2-0 against the Rockets this season.
Anthony Davis and Cooper Flagg are the big draws for Dallas, but P.J. Washington and Brandon Williams had big games in the last matchup. Max Christie is a baller and Ryan Nembhard solved the “who is the point guard?” question for the Mavs that they had early in the season. Houston is still finding their answer. Yet another Nembhard that the Rockets passed on, unfortunately.
Tip-off
7:30pm CT
How To Watch
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Injury Report
Rockets
Steven Adams: GTD (ankle)
Clint Capela: GTD (illness)
Mavericks
The Line (as of this post)
Hou -7.5
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Looking ahead because we can
Monday night at home against the Phoenix Suns
