All three NBA teams in our Lone Star State were Rockets DESTROY the Thunder in OKC 136-106. Houston harkens back to the good ole D'antoni and Harden days. They hit a franchise-record TWENTY. EIGHT. Three pointers. 11 of those came in the first two tie an NBA record. Eric Gordon led off the bench with 25 points. He had 5 threes. Demarcus Cousins also hit five threes. John Wall and Danuel House hit four each. Break up the Rockets. Christian Wood had another double double of 18-11. Houston has won six straight and look to make it seven again in OKC tomorrow night.….. Suns absolutely gut and filet the Mavericks when Dallas needed a win the most. Devin Booker hit a go-ahead three with 1.5 left. 109-108 Suns sweep the two-game series. Luke had a good look despite being double-teamed. Mavs fall to 8-13. That’s six straight losses for Dallas. Last night was their first game back with a full roster.  They are in Atlanta Wednesday. … Grizzlies blow out the Spurs 133-102. Memphis shot 56% and scored 30 points off SA’s 14 turnovers.  Keldon Johnson 25 in the setback. Spurs host the Timberwolves tomorrow night.

A Big 12 skirmish on the south Plains. Texas Tech holds on late to beat OU 57-52. Terrence Shannon, Jr. scored 15 off the bench for the Red Raiders. Wasn’t a pretty one. Both teams shot 33% from the field and combined for only 11 threes. 

Tonight it’s the game of the year in the state of Texas. They couldn’t play in December. #2 Baylor makes the short trek down I-35 to play at #6 Texas. Baptists looking to tie their school-record 17th straight win to start the season.  Longhorns have actually lost two of three. UT expected to get Courtney Ramey and Jericho Smis back from protocol. Shaka Smart will also be back on the sideline.

Dallas Stars back in action tonight at the Columbus Blue Jackets. Their star forward Patrick Laine loves playing Dallas. He’s scored 18 goals in 17 games. He’s a little nicked-up though.

Back to the South plains in transfer news. Matt Wells has added the Red Raiders fifth power 5 transfer of the young offseason. UCLA Corner Rayshad Williams gettin’ them guns up.  He’ll have THREE years of eligibility remaining. He appeared in 22 games over the last three seasons for the Bruins.

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