Saturday evening the Dallas Mavericks (12-11) will take on the Houston Rockets (11-13) at the American Airlines Center, the second time they’ve met in ten days. Both teams are coming off tough road losses. The Mavericks, winners of nine of their last twelve games, got hammered in New Orleans on the second night of a back-to-back. The Rockets, who have yet to find their footing all season and have lost six of their last eight, were beat badly in Salt Lake City on Thursday night.
The last time these teams met the Rockets were without starting point guard Chris Paul.