Some of the best basketball in the NBA is played in one state, Texas.  You have the defending champs, the San Antonio Spurs, the team with the most wins last year, the Dallas Mavericks, and a team with two superstars in Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets.  Two of those teams, Dallas and Houston, who are off to a great start, will face each other in an early season match-up.  The Mavericks are 6-2 and coming off a win against the Spurs.  An early season surprise for Dallas has been that Josh Howard is leading the team in scoring, usually a spot reserved for Dirk Nowitzki.  Howard is scoring at a clip of 22 points per game, while Nowitzki is at just over 19.  No matter who is on top, that’s still a great one two combination. 

Speaking of nice one-two combinations, the Rockets are off to a 6-3 start behind Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.  McGrady is averaging 26.8 points to lead the team.  Ming is leading the team with ten rebounds a game, and is also scoring 24 points per game.  This year the Rockets are trying a new up-tempo offensive style, but they will meet one of the best at it in Dallas.  I’m picking Dallas on the road in this one, it’s just too much too soon for the new look Houston Rockets to overcome in this early season game of what could be a preview of a playoff series. 

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