Houston Rockets (15-5) vs. Dallas Mavericks (8-15)
December 6, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
The Line: Dallas Mavericks +10.5; Over/Under: 221.5
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The Dallas Mavericks play host to the Houston Rockets at the American Airlines Center on Saturday night. Here’s a Mavericks vs Rockets Prediction. This article will include a Mavericks vs Rockets Pick.
Houston Rockets Betting Preview
The Houston Rockets have been in terrific form as they’ve won 15 of their last 18 games overall and they will be aiming for a third straight victory after routing the Suns in a 117-98 home win last night. Amen Thompson led the team with 31 points on 12 of 17 shooting, Kevin Durant added 28 points with eight assists on 11 of 17 shooting while Jabari Smith Jr chipped in with 16 points. As a team, the Rockets shot 59 percent from the field and 10 of 18 from the 3-point line as they exploded for 44 points in the second quarter to take a 10-point lead into halftime. Before they restricted the Suns to just 14 points in the third quarter to push the margin out to 30 points at one stage.
Dallas Mavericks Betting Preview
Meanwhile, the Dallas Mavericks have lost six of their last 10 games overall, but they were on a three-game win streak before they ran into a surging Thunder team who routed them by 132-111 last night. Jaden Hardy led the team with 23 points on eight of 13 shooting, Naji Marshall added 18 points on eight of 11 shooting while Cooper Flagg chipped in with 16 points. As a team, the Mavericks shot 48 percent from the field and 16 of 37 from the 3-point line as they struggled to contain the Thunder and allowed 36 points in the second quarter to trail by 15 points at halftime. Things only got worse in the third quarter where they allowed 41 points to trail by as many as 32 points.
Mavericks vs Rockets Prediction
The Rockets are still missing Fred VanVleet, Dorian Finney-Smith, Tari Eason and Alperen Sengun, while the Mavericks have ruled out PJ Washington, Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively and Kyrie Irving. The Rockets will be missing a key player in Sengun who is so important for them on the offensive end, but they are still the healthy team compared to the Mavericks. They would be a totally different team if they were healthy. The Mavericks were good enough to earn three solid wins before last night’s blowout loss, but they won’t have any time to rest with the red-hot Rockets rolling into town. This contest might be close in the first half, but the Rockets have the clear edge in firepower here and I think they get the job done on the road pretty comfortably.
