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Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks

October 21, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Mavericks 128-110 on 2026-10-21 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Mavericks started Kyrie Irving, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 18 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 12 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Daniel Gafford as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Houston Rockets 128

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Durant GS 37:25 30 6 3 1 1 4 2 10-16 2-4 8-11 +12
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 36:28 30 5 1 2 0 1 3 11-17 4-8 4-5 +18
Amen Thompson GS 33:22 16 10 4 1 0 1 1 6-12 1-2 3-5 +5
Alperen Sengun GS 29:57 23 10 5 0 0 4 4 9-15 2-2 3-4 +23
Fred VanVleet GS 29:34 6 2 11 3 1 0 4 2-8 2-6 0-0 +19
Marcus Smart 26:28 10 2 2 1 0 1 1 4-6 2-4 0-0 +14
Reed Sheppard 15:45 3 2 4 2 0 3 1 1-6 1-6 0-0 -5
Bogdan Bogdanović 13:04 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 2-3 1-2 0-0 +7
Clint Capela 7:51 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -6
Tari Eason 3:05 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 +4
Isaiah Crawford 2:42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +1
Bruce Thornton 2:30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Jae'Sean Tate 1:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 128 42 32 11 2 15 20 47-88 16-36 18-25

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Quadir Copeland (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Oscar Tshiebwe (Inactive - Coach's Decision)

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Dallas Mavericks 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 32:56 32 5 2 3 1 4 4 10-17 1-4 11-13 -6
P.J. Washington GS 30:33 10 4 2 0 1 4 2 4-9 2-6 0-2 -27
Max Christie GS 28:32 5 3 2 0 0 2 2 2-8 1-7 0-0 -21
Kyrie Irving GS 23:45 15 4 2 1 0 4 1 6-9 1-4 2-2 -7
Daniel Gafford GS 21:31 2 3 1 1 2 1 4 0-1 0-0 2-4 +9
Naji Marshall 28:44 16 2 6 1 0 2 3 7-14 2-7 0-0 -12
Zaccharie Risacher 27:06 4 6 2 5 0 3 0 2-7 0-4 0-0 +7
Marcus Sasser 23:42 17 1 1 1 0 1 2 6-8 4-5 1-1 0
Morez Johnson Jr. 13:50 6 3 1 0 0 0 5 3-5 0-0 0-2 -20
Sergio de Larrea 6:51 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -14
Moussa Cissé 2:30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 1-2 +1
Totals 110 33 20 12 4 21 23 41-80 11-38 17-26

Did not play: Santi Aldama (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Tarik Biberović (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Walter Clayton Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jett Howard (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Tobi Lawal (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dereck Lively II (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Caleb Martin (Inactive - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

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Starting lineup

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Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jabari Smith Jr. Max Christie: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Zaccharie Risacher: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Kevin Durant Cooper Flagg: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · P.J. Washington: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Amen Thompson Kyrie Irving: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Alperen Sengun P.J. Washington: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Daniel Gafford: 13 poss., 10 pts (3/5)
Fred VanVleet Marcus Sasser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zaccharie Risacher: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart Marcus Sasser: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Naji Marshall: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Reed Sheppard Marcus Sasser: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Max Christie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović Cooper Flagg: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sergio de Larrea: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Clint Capela Daniel Gafford: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zaccharie Risacher: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason P.J. Washington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford Zaccharie Risacher: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Cisse: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Thornton Sergio de Larrea: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Naji Marshall: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Cisse: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Cooper Flagg Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Marcus Smart: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
P.J. Washington Kevin Durant: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Marcus Smart: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Max Christie Fred VanVleet: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naji Marshall Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zaccharie Risacher Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyrie Irving Amen Thompson: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Fred VanVleet: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Sasser Fred VanVleet: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Daniel Gafford Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Clint Capela: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Morez Johnson Jr. Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sergio de Larrea Kevin Durant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Cisse Marcus Smart: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)