
Houston Rockets at Dallas Mavericks
· National Basketball AssociationJalen Green, Alperen Sengun help Rockets hold off late Mavericks rally to win 108-102

The Rockets led by 23 points late in the third quarter before the defending Western Conference champions cut Houston's lead to 103-100 with a minute to play.
Dillon Brooks also had 17 for the Rockets, and Tari Eason scored 15 off the bench for the Rockets, whose reserves outscored the Mavericks’ 33-21.
Luka Doncic led Dallas with 29 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter.
Kyrie Irving scored 28, and Klay Thompson was the only other Maverick to score in double figures with 12 points.
Mavericks: The center tandem of Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively was plagued by foul trouble. Lively had five and Gafford four through three quarters. They finished with a combined six rebounds as the Rockets outrebounded the Mavericks 50-37 and outscored them 20-8 on second-chance points.
Regular Season Series
HOU leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
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End of Game | 108 - 102 |
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End of the 4th Quarter | 108 - 102 |
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Mavericks offensive team rebound | 108 - 102 |
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Naji Marshall misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 108 - 102 |
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Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2 | 108 - 102 |
Statistics
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40-97 | FG | 39-85 |
41.2 | Field Goal % | 45.9 |
8-34 | 3PT | 10-30 |
23.5 | Three Point % | 33.3 |
20-27 | FT | 14-20 |
74.1 | Free Throw % | 70.0 |
50 | Rebounds | 37 |
18 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
32 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
21 | Assists | 21 |
4 | Steals | 6 |
4 | Blocks | 7 |
8 | Turnovers | 10 |
2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
16 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 21 |
18 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
58 | Points in Paint | 44 |
20 | Fouls | 27 |
23 | Largest Lead | 0 |
Game Information

Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 20,011 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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44 | 25 | .638 | - | W7 |
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43 | 26 | .623 | 1 | L1 |
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33 | 36 | .478 | 11 | L3 |
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28 | 39 | .418 | 15 | L1 |
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18 | 51 | .261 | 26 | L3 |
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