The Houston Rockets take on the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on Tuesday night.

The Rockets (1-2) have started the season off in unsurprisingly uneven fashion, dropping 18- and 10-point decisions to the Timberwolves and Celtics and sandwiching the pair of losses around a 124-91 rout of one of the few teams in the league that may be in as poor a shape as they are, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 107-97 loss to Boston was the most recent and came Sunday night. Jalen Green paced the Rockets with 30 points, complementing them with four rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal. Christian Wood furnished 20 points, nine boards, one assist and one steal. Kevin Porter turned in 15 points, three rebounds and three assists. Jae'Sean Tate provided 12 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.

The Rockets will remain without John Wall (team decision) for Tuesday's game.

The Mavericks (1-1) also opened the new campaign off in poor fashion, taking a 113-87 thumping from the Atlanta Hawks before bouncing back to record a 103-9 win over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night. Luka Doncic led the way for Dallas with 27 points, complementing them with 12 assists, nine rebounds and one block. Tim Hardaway poured in 25 points while complementing them with three rebounds, two assists and one steal. Kristaps Porzingis generated an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double that also included four blocks. Dwight Powell and Dorian Finney-Smith posted matching 11-pont, two-assist tallies, with Finney-Smith also recording eight boards.

The Mavericks will check into Tuesday's contest without any injuries to report.

Tuesday's game marks the first of four games between the teams this season. The Rockets took the three-game 2020-21 season series from the Mavericks by a 2-1 margin.