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Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets

December 6, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Rockets 122-109 on 2025-12-06 at home. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Clint Capela, Josh Okogie, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 10 points (4/11) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 11 points (3/16) in his matchups, with Clint Capela as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
P.J. Washington GS 36:27 14 7 1 5 1 2 2 6-13 2-7 0-0 +24
Cooper Flagg GS 35:41 19 5 3 2 2 0 0 7-15 1-2 4-4 +9
Anthony Davis GS 30:16 29 8 2 2 1 0 3 14-19 0-1 1-2 +11
Naji Marshall GS 28:11 15 2 2 1 0 1 1 6-8 1-3 2-2 +5
Ryan Nembhard GS 23:15 11 1 7 1 0 2 2 5-7 1-1 0-0 0
Brandon Williams 23:06 20 1 5 2 0 0 2 8-12 1-2 3-5 +18
Max Christie 22:42 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 1-2 1-1 3-3 0
Dwight Powell 17:44 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 1-1 0-0 2-2 +2
D'Angelo Russell 12:55 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 1-3 0-1 2-2 +3
Jaden Hardy 6:39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -3
Caleb Martin 1:32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Moussa Cisse 1:32 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 122 31 22 13 4 12 14 49-82 7-19 17-20

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 40:54 22 8 3 1 1 1 2 10-19 2-7 0-0 -13
Amen Thompson GS 33:04 7 6 6 3 1 6 4 2-11 0-3 3-4 -14
Kevin Durant GS 31:16 27 1 3 0 0 1 1 11-20 1-3 4-4 -12
Clint Capela GS 29:57 8 8 1 0 2 2 3 4-7 0-0 0-1 -6
Josh Okogie GS 23:20 7 6 0 2 1 2 1 2-3 1-2 2-2 -8
Aaron Holiday 26:47 19 2 0 1 1 2 1 7-12 3-6 2-2 +6
Reed Sheppard 20:14 12 2 3 0 0 3 5 5-8 2-3 0-0 +5
Jae'Sean Tate 17:16 5 3 3 1 0 1 3 2-4 1-3 0-0 -5
JD Davison 8:40 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -14
Jeff Green 6:26 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Isaiah Crawford 2:06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +2
Totals 109 37 22 8 6 18 20 44-87 10-29 11-13

Did not play: Tyler Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
P.J. Washington Jabari Smith Jr.: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Cooper Flagg Amen Thompson: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Anthony Davis Clint Capela: 23 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Jae'Sean Tate: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Naji Marshall Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Max Christie Aaron Holiday: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams Aaron Holiday: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ryan Nembhard Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dwight Powell Clint Capela: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Jae'Sean Tate: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
D'Angelo Russell Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jaden Hardy Jabari Smith Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Cisse Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · JD Davison: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jabari Smith Jr. Cooper Flagg: 37 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · P.J. Washington: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Amen Thompson Naji Marshall: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Davis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Kevin Durant P.J. Washington: 34 poss., 14 pts (5/7) · Naji Marshall: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Clint Capela Anthony Davis: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dwight Powell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Brandon Williams: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Max Christie: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Josh Okogie Ryan Nembhard: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandon Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Max Christie: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ryan Nembhard: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jae'Sean Tate Dwight Powell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
JD Davison Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green Anthony Davis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford Jaden Hardy: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dwight Powell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)