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The Dallas Mavericks returned home to face the Houston Rockets on the second night of a back-to-back set on Jan. 23. Superstar Luka Doncic was fresh off dropping 36 points on the Spurs. The Mavs had won two straight games heading into Saturday’s showdown with their division rival.
Dallas decided to rest Kristaps Porzingis after facing a brutal stretch of games. The Mavericks were playing their seventh game since Jan. 13. KP played in both ends of a back-to-back already this week, so the Mavs wanted to be cautious against the Rockets.