GameThread: Rockets-Mavericks Game One

Houston Rockets-Dallas Mavericks Game One: Tip Off 8:30 p.m. (Central) -- Coverage is on ESPN

Call it what you want: A Texas-size grudge match -- A Chance To Avenge Damian Lillard's Dagger -- A War Over Chandler Parsons Legacy**

It's the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks. The two teams have not met in the playoffs since 2005 where Dallas edged Houston in seven games for the right to get steamrolled by the Phoenix Suns in the second round. The only leftovers from that series: Dirk Nowitzki and Devin Harris still remain in a Mavericks jersey while Jason Terry swapped allegiances.

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The Houston Rockets beat the Mavericks three times this season on their way to the Southwest Division title, the franchise's first in 20 years.

Get ready to hear "Amazing" by the Black Eyed Peas until it haunts your dreams. Prepare for James Harden to tell you about Taco Bell's "swagger." Have Twitter ready for the next Mark Cuban-Daryl Morey slap fight. Keep your credit card nearby to change your insurance after a deluge of State Farm commercials.

Also, basketball. There will be basketball.

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**Chandler Parsons' legacy will always be Buffalo Jeans