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Houston Rockets vs Dallas Mavericks — 2026-10-09 NBA Game Analysis

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Houston Rockets 135, Dallas Mavericks 117. Final.

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FinalVenetian Arena
Houston RocketsHOU135
Dallas MavericksDAL117
  1. 1st 10:073HOUFred VanVleet makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Alperen Sengun assists)3–0
  2. 1st 9:393HOUFred VanVleet makes 24-foot running jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)6–0
  3. 1st 9:183HOUFred VanVleet makes 32-foot running pullup jump shot9–0
  4. 1st 9:053DALMax Christie makes 27-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)9–3
  5. 1st 8:352HOUAmen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)11–3
  6. 1st 8:242DALCooper Flagg makes 1-foot driving dunk11–5
  7. 1st 8:072HOUAlperen Sengun makes 2-foot layup (Kevin Durant assists)13–5
  8. 1st 7:422HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes 3-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)15–5
  9. 1st 5:523DALSergio de Larrea makes 23-foot running jump shot (Max Christie assists)15–8
  10. 1st 5:382HOUKevin Durant makes 8-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)17–8
  11. 1st 5:112HOUKevin Durant makes 7-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)19–8
  12. 1st 5:042DALDaniel Gafford makes layup (Sergio de Larrea assists)19–10
  13. 1st 4:431HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 220–10
  14. 1st 4:431HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 221–10
  15. 1st 4:032DALDaniel Gafford makes running layup (Cooper Flagg assists)21–12
  16. 1st 3:303DALDaniel Gafford makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sergio de Larrea assists)21–15
  17. 1st 2:412HOUAmen Thompson makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Tari Eason assists)23–15
  18. 1st 2:181HOUTari Eason makes free throw 1 of 224–15
  19. 1st 2:181HOUTari Eason makes free throw 2 of 225–15
  20. 1st 1:501DALMorez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 225–16
  21. 1st 45.32HOUSteven Adams makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Tari Eason assists)27–16
  22. 1st 13.53DALMorez Johnson Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sergio de Larrea assists)27–19
  23. 2nd 11:452DALCooper Flagg makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)27–21
  24. 2nd 11:262DALCooper Flagg makes 1-foot dunk (Naji Marshall assists)27–23
  25. 2nd 11:002HOUAmen Thompson makes two point shot29–23
  26. 2nd 9:522HOUAmen Thompson makes two point shot31–23
  27. 2nd 9:171HOUAlperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 232–23
  28. 2nd 9:142HOUAlperen Sengun makes layup34–23
  29. 2nd 9:013DALCooper Flagg makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)34–26
  30. 2nd 8:213HOUReed Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)37–26
  31. 2nd 7:483HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)40–26
  32. 2nd 7:272HOUAlperen Sengun makes 6-foot running dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)42–26
  33. 2nd 7:042HOUKevin Durant makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)44–26
  34. 2nd 6:532DALCooper Flagg makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)44–28
  35. 2nd 6:272DALCooper Flagg makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Tarik Biberovic assists)44–30
  36. 2nd 5:593HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)47–30
  37. 2nd 5:322HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes tip in dunk49–30
  38. 2nd 5:233DALMax Christie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cooper Flagg assists)49–33
  39. 2nd 4:592HOUKevin Durant makes 14-foot jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)51–33
  40. 2nd 4:271HOUAlperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 252–33
  41. 2nd 4:271HOUAlperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 253–33
  42. 2nd 3:512HOUAlperen Sengun makes driving layup (Fred VanVleet assists)55–33
  43. 2nd 3:301HOUTari Eason makes free throw 1 of 256–33
  44. 2nd 2:362HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Kevin Durant assists)58–33
  45. 2nd 2:181DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 258–34
  46. 2nd 2:181DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 258–35
  47. 2nd 1:572DALNaji Marshall makes two point shot (Zaccharie Risacher assists)58–37
  48. 2nd 1:402DALCooper Flagg makes tip shot58–39
  49. 2nd 1:172DALNaji Marshall makes 2-foot layup (Cooper Flagg assists)58–41
  50. 2nd 1:022HOUTari Eason makes driving layup60–41
  51. 2nd 47.51DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 260–42
  52. 2nd 47.51DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 260–43
  53. 2nd 28.82HOUTari Eason makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)62–43
  54. 2nd 3.72DALZaccharie Risacher makes two point shot62–45
  55. 2nd 0.13HOUTari Eason makes 25-foot three pointer65–45
  56. 3rd 11:412DALNaji Marshall makes 12-foot fade away jump shot65–47
  57. 3rd 11:153DALMax Christie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)65–50
  58. 3rd 10:481HOUFred VanVleet makes free throw 1 of 366–50
  59. 3rd 10:481HOUFred VanVleet makes free throw 2 of 367–50
  60. 3rd 10:241DALNaji Marshall makes free throw 2 of 267–51
  61. 3rd 10:112HOUAlperen Sengun makes driving layup (Amen Thompson assists)69–51
  62. 3rd 9:403DALTarik Biberovic makes 24-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)69–54
  63. 3rd 9:122DALNaji Marshall makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Max Christie assists)69–56
  64. 3rd 8:302HOUAlperen Sengun makes 2-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)71–56
  65. 3rd 8:301HOUAlperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 172–56
  66. 3rd 8:133DALZaccharie Risacher makes 25-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)72–59
  67. 3rd 7:542DALMax Christie makes 1-foot running dunk (Naji Marshall assists)72–61
  68. 3rd 7:412HOUKevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot74–61
  69. 3rd 7:233DALTarik Biberovic makes 24-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)74–64
  70. 3rd 7:062HOUKevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)76–64
  71. 3rd 6:273HOUFred VanVleet makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)79–64
  72. 3rd 6:182DALNaji Marshall makes driving layup79–66
  73. 3rd 6:083HOUKevin Durant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)82–66
  74. 3rd 5:473DALMax Christie makes 26-foot three point jumper82–69
  75. 3rd 5:283HOUFred VanVleet makes 24-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)85–69
  76. 3rd 5:082DALZaccharie Risacher makes driving layup85–71
  77. 3rd 4:253HOUReed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)88–71
  78. 3rd 4:002DALZaccharie Risacher makes 2-foot two point shot (Moussa Cisse assists)88–73
  79. 3rd 3:343DALSergio de Larrea makes 24-foot three point jumper (John Poulakidas assists)88–76
  80. 3rd 3:203HOUReed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer (Steven Adams assists)91–76
  81. 3rd 2:443HOUReed Sheppard makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)94–76
  82. 3rd 1:553HOUIsaiah Crawford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)97–76
  83. 3rd 1:011DALTobi Lawal makes free throw 1 of 297–77
  84. 3rd 1:011DALTobi Lawal makes free throw 2 of 297–78
  85. 3rd 34.92HOUTari Eason makes running dunk (Reed Sheppard assists)99–78
  86. 3rd 19.32DALNaji Marshall makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)99–80
  87. 4th 11:362HOUTari Eason makes 9-foot fade away jump shot101–80
  88. 4th 11:213DALNaji Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jett Howard assists)101–83
  89. 4th 10:551HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes free throw 1 of 2102–83
  90. 4th 10:551HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes free throw 2 of 2103–83
  91. 4th 10:173HOUTari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)106–83
  92. 4th 9:571HOUTari Eason makes free throw 1 of 3107–83
  93. 4th 9:571HOUTari Eason makes free throw 2 of 3108–83
  94. 4th 9:571HOUTari Eason makes free throw 3 of 3109–83
  95. 4th 8:452HOUReed Sheppard makes driving layup111–83
  96. 4th 8:323DALJohn Poulakidas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jett Howard assists)111–86
  97. 4th 8:231HOUIsaiah Crawford makes free throw 2 of 2112–86
  98. 4th 8:062DALTobi Lawal makes 1-foot layup (Dwight Powell assists)112–88
  99. 4th 7:472DALTobi Lawal makes 1-foot running dunk (Sergio de Larrea assists)112–90
  100. 4th 7:161DALDwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2112–91
  101. 4th 6:572HOUReed Sheppard makes two point shot (Bruce Thornton assists)114–91
  102. 4th 6:393DALSeth Lundy makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tarik Biberovic assists)114–94
  103. 4th 6:162HOUOscar Tshiebwe makes 2-foot layup (Bruce Thornton assists)116–94
  104. 4th 5:542DALTobi Lawal makes 1-foot two point shot116–96
  105. 4th 5:541DALTobi Lawal makes free throw 1 of 1116–97
  106. 4th 5:403HOUBruce Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Quadir Copeland assists)119–97
  107. 4th 4:521HOUQuadir Copeland makes free throw 1 of 2120–97
  108. 4th 4:521HOUQuadir Copeland makes free throw 2 of 2121–97
  109. 4th 4:203DALTarik Biberovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Moussa Cisse assists)121–100
  110. 4th 3:591HOUOscar Tshiebwe makes free throw 1 of 2122–100
  111. 4th 3:522DALJett Howard makes running layup (Sergio de Larrea assists)122–102
  112. 4th 3:441HOUBruce Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2123–102
  113. 4th 3:441HOUBruce Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2124–102
  114. 4th 2:523DALSergio de Larrea makes 24-foot three point jumper (John Poulakidas assists)124–105
  115. 4th 2:362HOUOscar Tshiebwe makes 3-foot layup (Sean Pedulla assists)126–105
  116. 4th 2:193HOUBruce Thornton makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot129–105
  117. 4th 2:001DALJett Howard makes free throw 2 of 2129–106
  118. 4th 1:502HOUBruce Thornton makes 1-foot layup (Oscar Tshiebwe assists)131–106
  119. 4th 1:391HOUQuadir Copeland makes free throw 2 of 2132–106
  120. 4th 1:342DALTobi Lawal makes 2-foot dunk (Jett Howard assists)132–108
  121. 4th 1:092DALTobi Lawal makes running layup132–110
  122. 4th 56.03DALJett Howard makes 23-foot running jump shot (Sergio de Larrea assists)132–113
  123. 4th 45.22DALJett Howard makes running layup132–115
  124. 4th 34.93HOUBruce Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sean Pedulla assists)135–115
  125. 4th 21.02DALSergio de Larrea makes 2-foot layup (Moussa Cisse assists)135–117

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Game recap

Preseason. Final. Quarters: Houston Rockets 27, 38, 34, 36; Dallas Mavericks 19, 26, 35, 37.

Tari Eason 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists. Fred VanVleet 17 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists. Alperen Sengun 16 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists

Cooper Flagg 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists. Naji Marshall 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists. Max Christie 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists

Sources: ESPN NBA scoreboard · ESPN WNBA scoreboard

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Houston Rockets vs Dallas Mavericks — NBA Game Analysis

Houston Rockets defeated Dallas Mavericks 135–117, a 18-point margin. Houston Rockets shot 55% from the field, compared with 47% from the field for Dallas Mavericks. Houston Rockets shot 50% from three-point range, compared with 35% from three-point range for Dallas Mavericks. Houston Rockets led the rebounding count, 43 to 38. Dallas Mavericks committed fewer turnovers, 18 to 21.

Analysis based on ESPN’s recorded final score and available box-score statistics.

Team stats

StatHouston RocketsDallas Mavericks
FG47-8644-94
Field Goal %5547
3PT18-3618-51
Three Point %5035
FT23-3211-17
Free Throw %7265
Rebounds4338
Offensive Rebounds1614
Defensive Rebounds2724
Assists3634
Steals1112
Blocks42
Turnovers2118
Total Turnovers2119
Fast Break Points2224
Points in Paint5450

Leaders

  • PointsCooper Flagg · DAL · 19
  • AssistsDwight Powell · DAL · 8
  • ReboundsZaccharie Risacher · DAL · 8
  • PointsTari Eason · HOU · 20
  • AssistsAlperen Sengun · HOU · 10
  • ReboundsAlperen Sengun · HOU · 10

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