It was for visiting Little D's, so they won't be uncomfortable in our fair city. A security blanket for thumb suckers.
As much as I hate Dallas and everyone from there I would not throw Dallas into our number 1 rival start just because of one game. I save that for LA or Utah
Mavs are def. our #1 rival IMO. A lot of viciousness from that team and the Dallas yuppie fans towards us. Sore losers big time. Then the Lakers. They just get so use to winning that when we come in and woop them their ego can't take it. We get in their heads. Then the Jazz. Spurs don't really bother me too much. The last game with them was pretty fairly played overall.
The Mavs are a joke of a franchise and ten years of being led by a soft whiny superstar won't change that. The Jazz since Sloan started coaching have always been and will continue to be the Rockets' biggest rival. Their style is dirty, their players are dirty, and their fans are dirty (you know, like, in the face). Every game they win is one game too many. I root for everybody in the NBA that plays against the Jazz.