The NBA Preseason officially tipped off on Oct. 4, with two games coming outside of the mainland United States. But one team was involved in a Sep. 30 preseason tip off hosting the Shanghai Sharks at home. This is a team that the Chicago Bulls are going to have to wait a while to face in the coming regular season too.
That aforementioned team is the Houston Rockets, who are already two games into their preseason slate. The Rockets dominated Shanghai on Sep. 30 to an anticipated drubbing by the final score of 140-71 at the Toyota Center.