The Houston Rockets will take center stage stateside next week during their nationally televised Opening Night game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The start of Houston's 2026-27 schedule will reportedly send Ime Udoka's team on a much longer journey abroad.
Dallas Mavericks co-owner and governor Patrick Dumont disclosed Sunday that the Rockets and Mavericks will play in a preseason game in China next fall, scheduled at The Venetian Arena in Macau. "Yes, the Mavericks and the Rockets here in Macau next year," Dumont told Mike Chan of the South China Morning Post.