The Houston Rockets (42-13) are now winners of 8 games in a row after beating the Dallas Mavericks (18-39). The Rockets are also now just one win from being 30 (!!!) games over .500.
Houston is just .5 games back of the Warriors for the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. Will that happen this week?
Dallas played the best they possibly could tonight. They were without Dirk Nowitzki and J.J. Barea as well as Wesley Matthews. Their young players still showed up and contributed, making the game a close 104-97 win for the Rockets.