Houston Rockets vs Dallas Mavericks: player stats

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Houston Rockets

Dallas Mavericks

American Airlines Center · Dallas, TX

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Game leaders

DAL

Points
Houston Rockets: Kevin Durant28 PTS9-20 FG, 1-6 3P, 9-13 FT
Dallas Mavericks: Kyrie Irving35 PTS12-19 FG, 5-8 3P, 6-6 FT
Rebounds
Houston Rockets: Tari Eason13 REB8 OREB, 5 DREB
Dallas Mavericks: P.J. Washington10 REB2 OREB, 8 DREB
Assists
Houston Rockets: Fred VanVleet6 AST16 PTS, 0 TOV
Dallas Mavericks: Kyrie Irving9 AST35 PTS, 2 TOV

On October 30, 2026 at American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Houston Rockets 116-111. Kyrie Irving scored 35 to lead the Dallas Mavericks, and Kevin Durant had 28 for the Houston Rockets.

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How it happened

FinalDallas beat Houston 116-111 to close the game, with Kyrie Irving scoring 35 and the Mavericks hitting 9-of-25 threes against the Rockets' 6-of-24. Dallas outscored Houston 40-27 in the fourth quarter.
Q4 1:40Cooper Flagg hits his free throw with 1:40 left in the fourth, reaching 30 points for Dallas. He has 30 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists on 12-of-18 shooting as the Mavericks lead Houston 105-100.
Q4 2:08Kyrie Irving hits a 16-foot pullup with 2:08 left in the fourth, taking him to 30 points as Dallas moves ahead 102-100. He has 31 on 12-of-18 shooting with four threes, eight assists and four rebounds.
Q3Houston leads Dallas 84-76 after three quarters, with Cooper Flagg's 22 points leading Dallas and Jabari Smith Jr. at 19 for Houston. Houston shot 33-73 from the field, Dallas 28-59.
HalftimeHouston heads to the locker room ahead 51-44 after a second quarter it won 31-17. The Rockets shot 20-of-47 overall and forced 12 Mavericks turnovers, while Dallas led at the break in the first quarter only.
Q1Dallas leads Houston 27-20 after one quarter, shooting 13-of-21 from the field to Houston's 9-of-25. Cooper Flagg has 12 points for the Mavericks, while the Rockets are 2-of-7 from three.

Houston Rockets box score
Houston Rockets
Amen ThompsonG-F	39:27	15	3	6	7-15	0-1	1-4	4	0	0	4	-10
Kevin DurantF	37:00	28	5	1	9-20	1-6	9-13	0	0	3	2	+8
Jabari Smith Jr.F	35:10	22	3	2	7-15	3-7	5-5	1	0	3	2	-9
Fred VanVleetG	32:58	16	5	6	6-17	3-10	1-2	1	0	0	5	+1
Clint CapelaC	30:17	5	11	5	2-6	0-0	1-2	2	2	0	2	0
Tari EasonF	25:45	11	13	2	4-12	0-2	3-3	1	0	0	3	-5
Marcus SmartG	17:23	8	2	4	4-6	0-1	0-0	3	0	3	3	-8
Oscar TshiebweF-C	11:21	0	5	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	2	+7
Bogdan BogdanovicG	10:40	6	1	0	1-4	0-2	4-4	0	0	1	0	-9
Team	240	111	48	26	40-96	7-29	24-33	12	3	12	23

DNP: Jae'Sean Tate, Isaiah Crawford, Reed Sheppard, Alperen Sengun, Bruce Thornton

Dallas Mavericks box score
Dallas Mavericks
Cooper FlaggF	38:53	33	9	6	13-19	0-4	7-10	2	1	3	3	+4
Kyrie IrvingG	34:53	35	4	9	12-19	5-8	6-6	0	0	2	3	+4
P.J. WashingtonF	33:47	3	10	1	1-8	1-5	0-0	0	0	1	2	+1
Daniel GaffordF	28:46	18	7	2	6-7	0-0	6-9	0	2	3	2	+10
Max ChristieG	18:22	2	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	2	-3
Zaccharie RisacherF	27:36	12	6	3	4-9	3-6	1-2	3	1	2	3	+3
Caleb MartinF	25:01	8	0	0	3-5	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	5	+7
Morez JohnsonF	17:08	2	2	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	+1
Walter Clayton Jr.G	8:33	3	2	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	3	1	+5
Marcus SasserG	7:00	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	2	-7
Team	240	116	41	24	42-81	12-33	20-27	8	4	17	24

DNP: Naji Marshall, Moussa Cisse, Jett Howard, Tobi Lawal

Team stats

Team stats: Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks
HOU	Stat	DAL
41.7%40-96	Field-goal percentage	51.9%(better)42-81
24.1%7-29	Three-point percentage	36.4%(better)12-33
72.7%24-33	Free-throw percentage	74.1%(better)20-27
48(better)	Rebounds	41
20(better)	Offensive rebounds	12
28	Defensive rebounds	29(better)
26(better)	Assists	24
12(better)	Steals	8
3	Blocks	4(better)
12(better)	Turnovers	17
23(better)	Personal fouls	24
25	Bench points	25

Team advanced
HOU	Stat	DAL
100.2	Pace	100.2
110.8	Off. rating	115.8(better)
115.8	Def. rating	110.8(better)
-5.0	Net rating	5.0(better)
50.2	TS%	62.4(better)
45.3	eFG%	59.3(better)
9.8(better)	TOV%	15.5
40.8(better)	OREB%	30.0
0.344(better)	FT rate	0.333
30.2	3PA rate	40.7(better)

Recap

Kyrie Irving scored 35 points and made four free throws in the final 6.2 seconds to lift the Dallas Mavericks past the Houston Rockets 116-111 on Friday.

Irving shot 12-of-19, made five of his eight 3-pointers and had nine assists. Dallas scored 40 points in the fourth quarter after trailing 84-73 late in the third.

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