Houston Rockets @ Dallas Mavericks
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX | Game ID: 22500356
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DAL 29 28 37 28 122HOU 26 31 20 32 109
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Anthony Davis bounces back from rough game with 29 points as Mavs beat Rockets 122-109
DALLAS -- — Anthony Davis scored 29 points and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Houston Rockets 122-109 on Saturday night to finish a back-to-back coming off a blowout loss at defending champion Oklahoma City.
Davis went 14 of 19 from the field a night after making just one of nine shots and scoring two points in 24 minutes in a 132-111 loss to the Thunder . It was fewest points of the 10-time All-Star's career when playing at least 20 minutes.
Kevin Durant scored 20 of his 27 points in the first half but ended up not playing in the fourth quarter after the Mavericks outscored Houston 37-20 in the third and took a 21-point lead early in the fourth. The game was tied at halftime.
Cooper Flagg had 19 points, and one of his three assists came on a nifty transition bounce pass to Ryan Nembhard for a 98-77 lead. Brandon Williams scored 20 points as the backup point guard to Nembhard, the rookie who had 11 points and seven assists in his sixth consecutive start, the first of his career.
P.J. Washington , who missed the previous four games after injuring his right ankle by landing on a loose ball during pregame warmups at the Los Angeles Clippers, had consecutive dunks during a 14-0 run in the third quarter and finished with 14 points, seven rebounds and five steals.
Naji Marshall beat the third-quarter buzzer with his only 3-pointer and scored 15 points.
Jabari Smith Jr. scored 22 points and Aaron Holiday added 19 for the Rockets, who were without forward Alperen Sengun on both nights of a back-to-back due to an illness.
Davis was 6 of 7 in the third quarter, when the Mavericks shot 73% (16 of 22).
Up next Rockets: The Clippers at home on Thursday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALAD A. Davis
BW B. Williams
CF C. Flagg
DP D. Powell
DR D. Russell
JH J. Hardy
MC M. Christie
MC M. Cisse
NM N. Marshall
PW P. Washington
RN R. Nembhard
HOUAH A. Holiday
AT A. Thompson
CC C. Capela
IC I. Crawford
JD J. Davison
JG J. Green
JO J. Okogie
JS J. Smith Jr.
JT J. Tate
KD K. Durant
RS R. Sheppard
DAL/HOU the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur