Dallas Mavericks visit Houston Rockets early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Mavericks went W-L-L-L-W and Rockets went L-L-W-W-L over their last five.
Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Rockets: about 83% to win, with a projected score of Dallas Mavericks 109, Houston Rockets 119. A win for Mavericks would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 8 times in our recent records. Rockets lead 5-3, and the average margin has been 4.5 points in favor of Rockets.
On the injury report, Santi Aldama (DAL), Dereck Lively II (DAL), Tarik Biberovic (DAL), and Caleb Martin (DAL) are listed as out.