{"id":515116,"date":"2026-01-04T01:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/515116\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:53:15","slug":"rockets-vs-mavericks-same-game-parlay-jan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/515116\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Mavericks same game parlay \u2013 Jan. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Rockets<\/a> (21-10) will try to extend a four-game winning streak when they visit the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> (12-23) at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The contest airs on SCHN and KFAA. Below, we offer same-game parlay suggestions to consider.<\/p>\n

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Winning the spread, total and Alperen Sengun over 20.5 PTS parlay for the Rockets-Mavericks game nets $56.39 on a $10 bet using the computer picks below. Curious how each of those wagers looks? Continue scrolling to learn more.<\/p>\n

NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook<\/a>. Odds updated Saturday at 4:16 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rockets vs. Mavericks spread pickFavorite: Rockets (-8.5)Pick ATS: Rockets -8.5 (Projected score: Rockets 121, Mavericks 111)Against the spread, Houston is 18-13-0 this season.The Rockets have an ATS record of 6-6 as 8.5-point favorites or more.Against the spread, Dallas is 16-19-0 this season.As 8.5-point underdogs or greater, the Mavericks are 6-3 against the spread.Rockets vs. Mavericks total pickTotal: 227.5Pick OU: Over 227.5 (Projecting 231.7 total points)Houston and its opponents have combined to put up more than 227.5 points in 19 of 31 games this season.In 57.1% of Dallas’ games this season (20\/35), the teams combined to score more than Saturday’s total of 227.5 points.The average total in Rockets games this season is 228.5, 1.0 point more than Saturday’s over\/under of 227.5.The 227.5-point over\/under for this game is 3.2 below the 230.7 points per game average in Mavericks games this season.Alperen Sengun points propPoints prop: OU 20.5Pick: Over (Projecting 21.0 points)Alperen Sengun’s 22.6 points per game average is 2.1 points higher than Saturday’s over\/under.So far this season, Sengun is 14-for-26 at hitting the over on the total set for his points prop.Rockets vs. Mavericks game infoDate: Saturday, January 3, 2026Time: 8:30 p.m. ETHow to watch on TV: SCHN and KFAALocation: Dallas, TexasVenue: American Airlines CenterLive stream: Watch this game on Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Rockets (21-10) will try to extend a four-game winning streak when they visit the Dallas Mavericks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[59,1495,1307,273,1413,7,212,57,56,80,60,686,149,4057,274,267,284,521,1414,268,519,292,194,270,166,70,85,6,62,67,58,61,81,269,211,276,876,518,1412,275,286,66,215,285,83,277,271,1928,73,272],"class_list":["post-515116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-affiliate","tag-alperen","tag-alperen-sengun","tag-and","tag-autopilot","tag-basketball","tag-betting","tag-commerce","tag-contains","tag-contains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","tag-content","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-disclaimer","tag-exclude","tag-exclude-from-paywall-logic-testing","tag-exclude-smart-fronts","tag-exclude-social-autopilot","tag-from","tag-fronts","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-logic","tag-mavericks","tag-national","tag-national-sports","tag-nba","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-or","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-paywall","tag-rockets","tag-scores","tag-sengun","tag-smart","tag-social","tag-sport","tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-betting-widget-and-disclaimer","tag-sports-news","tag-statistics","tag-testing","tag-tx","tag-u0026","tag-widget"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}