Houston Rockets @ Dallas Mavericks

Preseason

4-4, 1-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	26	27	30	13	96
Mavericks DAL	20	27	29	21	97

Dallas MavericksMavericksDAL

4-4, 2-2 Home

Matchups

HOU

DAL wins season

4-0

DAL

Game 1@ DAL

Final

101

106

Game 2@ DAL

Final

111

102

Game 3@ HOU

Final

106

Game 4@ HOU

Final/OT

Western Conference

Southwest	PCT	GB	STRK
New Orleans	.000	-	-
Dallas	.000	-	-
Houston	.000	-	-
San Antonio	.000	-	-
Memphis	.000	-	-

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