The “Texas Three-Step” means a trip to the cities of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. In the National Basketball Association, “Texas Three-Step” means a tough Texas road trip against the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. The “Texas Three-Step” is sometimes also called the “Texas Triangle” or the “Golden Triangle” or the “Texas Trifecta.”
The name “Texas Three-Step” (recorded from the 1990s) borrows from the dance “Texas Two-Step.”
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One Last Shot: The Story of Michael Jordan’s Comeback
by Mitchell Krugel
New York: St. Martin’s Press
2003
Pg. 135:
Two nights after Houston, Washington finished its Texas three-step road trip in Dallas…
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Matthew Chung-Chie Sin)
Date: 1997/12/01
Subject: Twin Towers (ATL)
Next the Hawks finish the Texas three step with Dallas and Houston.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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The Clippers need to do two more things as a team this season for a playoff push. A) They need to continue to win on the road and B) They need to play well against the Texas Three-Step of Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
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November 19th, 2006
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But they just lost their last three on the toughest road trip in the NBA this season – the Texas three step of Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, A lot of teams are going to lose three in a row going on that road trip.
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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