What happened
Dallas opens the season at Houston with Dereck Lively and Santi Aldama listed on the injury report, though Dusty May said Aldama is close to playing.
Tarik Biberovic and Caleb Martin are out, Steven Adams is questionable with calf tightness, and Walter Clayton Jr. is available for Dallas tonight.
LINEUP CONTEXT
Dallas may need to adjust wing and frontcourt minutes, while Houston's center rotation stays uncertain if Adams remains questionable.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: Mavericks vs Rockets Preview and Injury Update: Game 1, Let’s do this — Yahoo Sports ↗