Rockets apologize after offensive tweet to Mavericks
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The Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks have built themselves a tense in-state rivalry over the last couple of years, so after the Rockets dispatched the Mavericks in their first-round series, the team's social media department tried to rub some salt in the wound.
Unfortunately, it wasn't the most appropriate of tweets.
AWKWARD TWITTER TENSION pic.twitter.com/uRZSebMZ1D
— rach (@RachaelHoops) April 29, 2015
The Rockets quickly deleted the original tweet, and posted the following apology moments later:
Our Tweet earlier was in very poor taste & not indicative of the respect we have for the @dallasmavs & their fans. We sincerely apologize.
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) April 29, 2015
And now, basketball Twitter waits for the inevitable Daryl Morey-Mark Cuban battle.
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