As part of the NBA China Games 2026 series, the Rockets and Mavericks will face off in a pair of overseas exhibitions next October.

The NBA is going back to China next season, as expected, announcing Monday that the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets will play a pair of preseason games at the gambling hub of Macao in October.

The NBA announced on Monday that the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets will play two international games in Macao, China, as part of the 2026 preseason. The games will be on October 9th and 11th and will be played at The Venetian Arena, which is owned by Mavericks' Governor Patrick Dumont's family.

The teams will play two preseason games in Macao, making official what Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont unofficially announced months ago.

The NBA is returning to China next season, striking a deal to play preseason games there more than five years after the league was effectively banned over commissioner Adam Silver not punishing Daryl Morey for tweeting support of anti-government protesters ...

A 500 sq metre LED installation featuring more than 70 million pixels marked the return of the NBA China Games after a hiatus of nearly six years. The installation at the Venetian Macao hotel – the venue for the event – comprised more than 2,000 of ROE Visual’s Topaz 2.6 panels.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2026 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sands China Ltd. (Sands) today announced that The NBA China Games 2026 will feature the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets playing preseason games on Friday, Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 11 at The Venetian Arena in Macao.

Fourth-quarter operating leverage in the Macau casino market was negatively affected by a number of cost factors, suggests Citigroup. “If it were not for the incremental operating expenses from the NBA China Games and the 15th National Games,