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Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks

November 3, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Mavericks 110-102 on 2025-11-03 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Mavericks started Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 13 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 16 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Cooper Flagg as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Alperen Sengun GS 39:49 26 11 6 1 0 3 5 10-20 0-2 6-11 +9
Amen Thompson GS 39:05 27 5 4 1 1 3 2 11-18 1-3 4-7 +3
Kevin Durant GS 38:24 21 6 5 1 1 3 2 6-18 2-8 7-7 -1
Tari Eason GS 29:38 15 4 2 2 1 1 0 6-9 3-5 0-0 +8
Josh Okogie GS 24:39 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 0-5 0-3 2-2 0
Steven Adams 23:08 4 9 1 2 2 1 3 2-3 0-0 0-2 +6
Reed Sheppard 16:31 5 5 3 0 0 2 1 2-7 1-4 0-0 +5
Clint Capela 10:36 4 8 0 0 2 1 1 2-4 0-0 0-0 +5
Aaron Holiday 9:42 6 1 1 0 0 2 2 2-3 1-2 1-1 +7
Jae'Sean Tate 8:29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -2
Totals 110 54 23 9 7 17 17 41-89 8-29 20-30

Did not play: Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Harris (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jabari Smith Jr. (DNP - Injury/Illness)

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 102

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
P.J. Washington GS 35:54 29 12 3 2 1 2 3 11-20 1-5 6-10 0
Cooper Flagg GS 33:57 12 5 2 1 0 4 3 5-10 2-5 0-0 -9
Max Christie GS 32:39 17 4 6 0 0 1 2 6-10 3-6 2-4 -5
Daniel Gafford GS 24:51 14 4 1 2 3 0 1 7-9 0-0 0-0 +1
Klay Thompson GS 18:00 5 3 3 0 1 2 1 2-9 1-8 0-0 -2
D'Angelo Russell 28:53 10 4 12 0 0 2 2 2-10 1-6 5-6 -4
Naji Marshall 21:51 9 2 2 2 0 0 3 4-11 1-4 0-0 -2
Moussa Cisse 13:53 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 2-4 0-0 0-0 -3
Dwight Powell 9:10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Brandon Williams 8:18 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 -11
Jaden Hardy 7:52 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +6
Caleb Martin 4:42 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 102 40 30 12 6 15 25 40-89 9-36 13-20

Did not play: Ryan Nembhard (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

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.

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Alperen Sengun P.J. Washington: 22 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Daniel Gafford: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/6)
Kevin Durant P.J. Washington: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Cooper Flagg: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Amen Thompson Max Christie: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason Cooper Flagg: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Max Christie: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Steven Adams Moussa Cisse: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dwight Powell: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Okogie Klay Thompson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Max Christie: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard D'Angelo Russell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Williams: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Aaron Holiday Jaden Hardy: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · D'Angelo Russell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Daniel Gafford: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Cisse: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Jaden Hardy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
P.J. Washington Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Tari Eason: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Max Christie Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tari Eason: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cooper Flagg Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
D'Angelo Russell Amen Thompson: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Daniel Gafford Alperen Sengun: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naji Marshall Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Klay Thompson Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Cisse Steven Adams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dwight Powell Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Steven Adams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Hardy Aaron Holiday: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandon Williams Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Amen Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin Josh Okogie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)