VIDEO: Mavericks and Rockets co-hosting a block party

The Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets don't exactly like each other.

It's perhaps with that in mind that every shot attempt from either team seems to be getting met with a little extra lift from shot-blockers on the other end, with the two teams combining for eight first-half blocks.

Several were emphatic, like these back-to-back blocks from Clint Capela and Josh Smith on Al-Farouq Aminu:

Dwight Howard couldn't exactly sit by and let Capela and Smith think they're the flashiest shot-blockers on the team, and so early in the second, he completely erased a Tyson Chandler layup attempt.

Not to be left out, the Mavericks responded by stopping the Rockets' fast-break courtesy of a vicious Aminu swat on Corey Brewer.

Howard's block may have been a bit of revenge on Chandler for this earlier shove that led to a Chandler technical foul:

Chandler has a block of his own, as do Monta Ellis, Aminu and Smith, while Howard and Capela have two each. It's little surprise the team's shot a combined 40.2 percent in the half.