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Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets

January 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Rockets 110-104 on 2026-01-03 at home. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 24 points (9/17) in his matchups, with Naji Marshall as his primary defender. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 19 points (7/19) 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 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis GS	39:02	26	12	3	0	5	5	2	9-15	0-2	8-9	-4
Max Christie GS	34:54	24	7	2	1	1	1	0	10-13	4-6	0-0	+6
Cooper Flagg GS	34:37	10	7	6	2	1	2	2	3-12	0-2	4-4	+4
Daniel Gafford GS	19:07	9	8	1	0	2	1	0	4-5	0-0	1-2	-3
P.J. Washington GS	12:00	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6
Naji Marshall	33:17	10	2	5	0	0	1	2	5-11	0-3	0-1	+4
Brandon Williams	24:27	15	7	3	1	0	3	5	7-10	1-1	0-1	+9
Klay Thompson	22:16	9	3	1	0	0	1	0	3-8	2-4	1-1	+11
Ryan Nembhard	13:24	5	0	3	0	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+10
Caleb Martin	6:56	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		110	47	24	6	10	15	15	44-80	8-21	14-18

Did not play: Jaden Hardy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dwight Powell (DNP - Coach's Decision), D'Angelo Russell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	39:22	20	12	4	3	1	2	2	8-18	0-3	4-4	+1
Kevin Durant GS	37:45	34	5	7	0	3	2	4	14-26	2-7	4-5	+15
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	36:58	7	9	3	0	0	0	1	2-13	1-7	2-2	-11
Tari Eason GS	34:15	19	10	2	2	0	2	1	7-17	3-6	2-2	+10
Alperen Sengun GS	1:04	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Clint Capela	26:49	8	8	2	5	2	1	1	4-8	0-0	0-2	-1
Reed Sheppard	22:24	8	0	5	0	0	1	4	3-10	2-6	0-0	-24
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:17	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	-1
Aaron Holiday	14:04	0	0	1	3	1	0	3	0-6	0-5	0-0	-4
Jae'Sean Tate	5:31	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-10
Josh Okogie	5:31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Totals		104	51	24	13	7	9	17	41-106	10-41	12-15

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Davis · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg Starter 3.9 min
Klay Thompson · Daniel Gafford · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 6.0 min
Klay Thompson · Anthony Davis · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Cooper Flagg 5.6 min
Anthony Davis · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 5.3 min
Klay Thompson · Anthony Davis · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams 4.5 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 1.1 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 10.2 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.9 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.5 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Kevin Durant 24 pts (9/17) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Naji Marshall (32 %, 2 pts) · P.J. Washington (15 %, 0 pts) · Anthony Davis (13 %, 7 pts)
Reed Sheppard 17 pts (7/9) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Klay Thompson (25 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Williams (21 %, 4 pts) · Naji Marshall (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Davis	Clint Capela: 36 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Max Christie	Amen Thompson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Cooper Flagg	Tari Eason: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naji Marshall	Kevin Durant: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Brandon Williams	Amen Thompson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Klay Thompson	Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Daniel Gafford	Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jae'Sean Tate: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
P.J. Washington	Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Aaron Holiday: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin	Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Anthony Davis 19 pts (7/19) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Clint Capela (41 %, 4 pts) · Amen Thompson (19 %, 4 pts) · Kevin Durant (11 %, 6 pts)
Cooper Flagg 9 pts (2/11) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (35 %, 2 pts) · Tari Eason (18 %, 3 pts) · Kevin Durant (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Naji Marshall: 26 poss., 11 pts (5/8) · P.J. Washington: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Amen Thompson	Klay Thompson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Max Christie: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Cooper Flagg: 24 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Max Christie: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Tari Eason	Max Christie: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Clint Capela	Anthony Davis: 32 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Daniel Gafford: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	Brandon Williams: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Ryan Nembhard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Cooper Flagg: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Ryan Nembhard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jae'Sean Tate	Daniel Gafford: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Naji Marshall: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	Anthony Davis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alperen Sengun	Daniel Gafford: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)