Dallas Mavericks 117-135 Houston Rockets: result and stats
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Houston Rockets beat Dallas Mavericks 135-117 on Friday, 9 October 2026 in the NBA.
- Competition
- NBA
- Kick-off
- Friday, 9 October 2026, 13:00 (UK time)
- Venue
- Venetian Arena
- 👥
- 11564
By period
| Dallas Mavericks | 19 | 26 | 35 | 37 | 117 |
| Houston Rockets | 27 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 135 |
Live commentary
- 4th Quarter · 21.0Sergio de Larrea makes 2-foot layup (Moussa Cisse assists)
- 4th Quarter · 34.9Bruce Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sean Pedulla assists)
- 4th Quarter · 45.2Jett Howard makes running layup
- 4th Quarter · 56.0Jett Howard makes 23-foot running jump shot (Sergio de Larrea assists)
- 4th Quarter · 1:09Tobi Lawal makes running layup
- 4th Quarter · 1:34Tobi Lawal makes 2-foot dunk (Jett Howard assists)
- 4th Quarter · 1:39Quadir Copeland makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 1:50Bruce Thornton makes 1-foot layup (Oscar Tshiebwe assists)
- 4th Quarter · 2:00Jett Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 2:19Bruce Thornton makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 2:36Oscar Tshiebwe makes 3-foot layup (Sean Pedulla assists)
- 4th Quarter · 2:52Sergio de Larrea makes 24-foot three point jumper (John Poulakidas assists)
- 4th Quarter · 3:44Bruce Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 3:44Bruce Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 3:52Jett Howard makes running layup (Sergio de Larrea assists)
- 4th Quarter · 3:59Oscar Tshiebwe makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 4:20Tarik Biberovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Moussa Cisse assists)
- 4th Quarter · 4:52Quadir Copeland makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 4:52Quadir Copeland makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 5:40Bruce Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Quadir Copeland assists)
- 4th Quarter · 5:54Tobi Lawal makes free throw 1 of 1
- 4th Quarter · 5:54Tobi Lawal makes 1-foot two point shot
- 4th Quarter · 6:16Oscar Tshiebwe makes 2-foot layup (Bruce Thornton assists)
- 4th Quarter · 6:39Seth Lundy makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tarik Biberovic assists)
- 4th Quarter · 6:57Reed Sheppard makes two point shot (Bruce Thornton assists)
- 4th Quarter · 7:16Dwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 7:47Tobi Lawal makes 1-foot running dunk (Sergio de Larrea assists)
- 4th Quarter · 8:06Tobi Lawal makes 1-foot layup (Dwight Powell assists)
- 4th Quarter · 8:23Isaiah Crawford makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 8:32John Poulakidas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jett Howard assists)
- 4th Quarter · 8:45Reed Sheppard makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 9:57Tari Eason makes free throw 3 of 3
- 4th Quarter · 9:57Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 3
- 4th Quarter · 9:57Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 3
- 4th Quarter · 10:17Tari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
- 4th Quarter · 10:55Bogdan Bogdanovic makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 10:55Bogdan Bogdanovic makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 11:21Naji Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jett Howard assists)
- 4th Quarter · 11:36Tari Eason makes 9-foot fade away jump shot
- 3rd Quarter · 19.3Naji Marshall makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 34.9Tari Eason makes running dunk (Reed Sheppard assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 1:01Tobi Lawal makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 1:01Tobi Lawal makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 1:55Isaiah Crawford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 2:44Reed Sheppard makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 3:20Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer (Steven Adams assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 3:34Sergio de Larrea makes 24-foot three point jumper (John Poulakidas assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 4:00Zaccharie Risacher makes 2-foot two point shot (Moussa Cisse assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 4:25Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 5:08Zaccharie Risacher makes driving layup
- 3rd Quarter · 5:28Fred VanVleet makes 24-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 5:47Max Christie makes 26-foot three point jumper
- 3rd Quarter · 6:08Kevin Durant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 6:18Naji Marshall makes driving layup
- 3rd Quarter · 6:27Fred VanVleet makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:06Kevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:23Tarik Biberovic makes 24-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:41Kevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- 3rd Quarter · 7:54Max Christie makes 1-foot running dunk (Naji Marshall assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 8:13Zaccharie Risacher makes 25-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 8:30Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 1
- 3rd Quarter · 8:30Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 9:12Naji Marshall makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Max Christie assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 9:40Tarik Biberovic makes 24-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 10:11Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Amen Thompson assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 10:24Naji Marshall makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 10:48Fred VanVleet makes free throw 2 of 3
- 3rd Quarter · 10:48Fred VanVleet makes free throw 1 of 3
- 3rd Quarter · 11:15Max Christie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 11:41Naji Marshall makes 12-foot fade away jump shot
- 2nd Quarter · 0.1Tari Eason makes 25-foot three pointer
- 2nd Quarter · 3.7Zaccharie Risacher makes two point shot
- 2nd Quarter · 28.8Tari Eason makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 47.5Cooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 47.5Cooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 1:02Tari Eason makes driving layup
- 2nd Quarter · 1:17Naji Marshall makes 2-foot layup (Cooper Flagg assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 1:40Cooper Flagg makes tip shot
- 2nd Quarter · 1:57Naji Marshall makes two point shot (Zaccharie Risacher assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 2:18Cooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 2:18Cooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 2:36Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Kevin Durant assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 3:30Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 3:51Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Fred VanVleet assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 4:27Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 4:27Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 4:59Kevin Durant makes 14-foot jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 5:23Max Christie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cooper Flagg assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 5:32Jabari Smith Jr. makes tip in dunk
- 2nd Quarter · 5:59Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 6:27Cooper Flagg makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Tarik Biberovic assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 6:53Cooper Flagg makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 7:04Kevin Durant makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 7:27Alperen Sengun makes 6-foot running dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 7:48Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 8:21Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 9:01Cooper Flagg makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 9:14Alperen Sengun makes layup
- 2nd Quarter · 9:17Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 9:52Amen Thompson makes two point shot
- 2nd Quarter · 11:00Amen Thompson makes two point shot
- 2nd Quarter · 11:26Cooper Flagg makes 1-foot dunk (Naji Marshall assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 11:45Cooper Flagg makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)
- 1st Quarter · 13.5Morez Johnson Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sergio de Larrea assists)
- 1st Quarter · 45.3Steven Adams makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Tari Eason assists)
- 1st Quarter · 1:50Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 2:18Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 2:18Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 2:41Amen Thompson makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Tari Eason assists)
- 1st Quarter · 3:30Daniel Gafford makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sergio de Larrea assists)
- 1st Quarter · 4:03Daniel Gafford makes running layup (Cooper Flagg assists)
- 1st Quarter · 4:43Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 4:43Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 5:04Daniel Gafford makes layup (Sergio de Larrea assists)
- 1st Quarter · 5:11Kevin Durant makes 7-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- 1st Quarter · 5:38Kevin Durant makes 8-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- 1st Quarter · 5:52Sergio de Larrea makes 23-foot running jump shot (Max Christie assists)
- 1st Quarter · 7:42Jabari Smith Jr. makes 3-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- 1st Quarter · 8:07Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot layup (Kevin Durant assists)
- 1st Quarter · 8:24Cooper Flagg makes 1-foot driving dunk
Commentary: ESPN
Match stats
DALHOU
47Field goals (%)55
35Three-pointers (%)50
65Free throws (%)72
38Rebounds43
34Assists36
18Turnovers21
12Steals11
2Blocks4
Head-to-head record
0
Dallas Mavericks
0
Draws
1
Houston Rockets
Last meetings
22 Oct 2026Houston Rockets128 – 110Dallas Mavericks
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rockets | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | LWWWW |
| 2 |  Timberwolves | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | WLLWW |
| 3 |  Trail Blazers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | WWLWW |
| 4 |  Lakers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | WLLWW |
| 5 |  Thunder | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | LWLWW |
| 6 |  Grizzlies | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | LWWWW |
| 7 |  Clippers | 1 | 1 | .500 | WLWWL |
| 8 |  Nuggets | 1 | 1 | .500 | WLWLW |
| 9 |  Jazz | 1 | 1 | .500 | LWWLW |
| 10 |  Suns | 1 | 1 | .500 | WLLLW |
| 11 |  Spurs | 1 | 2 | .333 | WWLLW |
| 12 |  Mavericks | 1 | 2 | .333 | LLLWL |
| 13 |  Kings | 0 | 2 | .000 | LLLLL |
| 14 |  Pelicans | 0 | 3 | .000 | WWLLL |
| 15 |  Warriors | 0 | 3 | .000 | WWLLL |
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Houston Rockets beat Dallas Mavericks 135-117 on Friday 9 October (NBA).
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Dallas Mavericks play Miami Heat on Monday 26 October at 23:30 (UK time).
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Houston Rockets play Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday 27 October at 00:30 (UK time).
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