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Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets

October 30, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Mavericks beat the Rockets 116-111 on 2026-10-30 at home. The Mavericks started Kyrie Irving, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Clint Capela, Fred VanVleet, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (4/12) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 20 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	38:53	33	9	6	2	1	3	3	13-19	0-4	7-10	+4
Kyrie Irving GS	34:53	35	4	9	0	0	2	3	12-19	5-8	6-6	+4
P.J. Washington GS	33:47	3	10	1	0	0	1	2	1-8	1-5	0-0	+1
Daniel Gafford GS	28:46	18	7	2	0	2	3	2	6-7	0-0	6-9	+10
Max Christie GS	18:22	2	1	0	2	0	1	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	-3
Zaccharie Risacher	27:36	12	6	3	3	1	2	3	4-9	3-6	1-2	+3
Caleb Martin	25:01	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3-5	2-3	0-0	+7
Morez Johnson Jr.	17:08	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	+1
Walter Clayton Jr.	8:33	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	+5
Marcus Sasser	7:00	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	-7
Totals		116	41	24	8	4	17	24	42-81	12-33	20-27

Did not play: Moussa Cissé (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jett Howard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tobi Lawal (DNP - Coach's Decision), Naji Marshall (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	39:27	15	3	6	4	0	0	4	7-15	0-1	1-4	-10
Kevin Durant GS	37:00	28	5	1	0	0	3	2	9-20	1-6	9-13	+8
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	35:10	22	3	2	1	0	3	2	7-15	3-7	5-5	-9
Fred VanVleet GS	32:58	16	5	6	1	0	0	5	6-17	3-10	1-2	+1
Clint Capela GS	30:17	5	11	5	2	2	0	2	2-6	0-0	1-2	0
Tari Eason	25:45	11	13	2	1	0	0	3	4-12	0-2	3-3	-5
Marcus Smart	17:23	8	2	4	3	0	3	3	4-6	0-1	0-0	-8
Oscar Tshiebwe	11:21	0	5	0	0	1	2	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+7
Bogdan Bogdanović	10:40	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	4-4	-9
Totals		111	48	26	12	3	12	23	40-96	7-29	24-33

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Alperen Sengun (DNP - Coach's Decision), Reed Sheppard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bruce Thornton (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kyrie Irving · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg Starter 9.9 min
Caleb Martin · Zaccharie Risacher · Walter Clayton Jr. · Cooper Flagg · Morez Johnson Jr. 6.6 min
Kyrie Irving · Caleb Martin · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Zaccharie Risacher 4.0 min
P.J. Washington · Max Christie · Marcus Sasser · Cooper Flagg · Morez Johnson Jr. 3.5 min
Kyrie Irving · Caleb Martin · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Cooper Flagg 3.1 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Fred VanVleet · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 15.3 min
Kevin Durant · Marcus Smart · Tari Eason · Oscar Tshiebwe · Amen Thompson 4.1 min
Fred VanVleet · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Oscar Tshiebwe · Amen Thompson 3.7 min
Clint Capela · Bogdan Bogdanović · Fred VanVleet · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 3.5 min
Kevin Durant · Marcus Smart · Clint Capela · Bogdan Bogdanović · Tari Eason 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Kevin Durant 12 pts (4/12) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: P.J. Washington (33 %, 0 pts) · Caleb Martin (21 %, 0 pts) · Cooper Flagg (10 %, 4 pts)
Amen Thompson 16 pts (6/11) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Kyrie Irving (30 %, 5 pts) · Cooper Flagg (26 %, 4 pts) · P.J. Washington (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Kyrie Irving	Amen Thompson: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Fred VanVleet: 13 poss., 9 pts (2/2)
P.J. Washington	Kevin Durant: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Daniel Gafford	Clint Capela: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zaccharie Risacher	Tari Eason: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Fred VanVleet: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caleb Martin	Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie	Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Fred VanVleet: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Morez Johnson Jr.	Clint Capela: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Sasser	Bogdan Bogdanović: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Fred VanVleet: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Marcus Smart: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Cooper Flagg 20 pts (6/13) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (25 %, 5 pts) · Tari Eason (18 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (17 %, 3 pts)
Kyrie Irving 14 pts (6/11) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Fred VanVleet (26 %, 2 pts) · Amen Thompson (22 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	P.J. Washington: 22 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Caleb Martin: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Amen Thompson	Cooper Flagg: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kyrie Irving: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Max Christie: 15 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Fred VanVleet	Kyrie Irving: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cooper Flagg: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Clint Capela	Daniel Gafford: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Morez Johnson Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tari Eason	Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Zaccharie Risacher: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart	Walter Clayton Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyrie Irving: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Morez Johnson Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniel Gafford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Marcus Sasser: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kyrie Irving: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)