Dallas Mavericks @ Houston Rockets
Monday, November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX | Game ID: 22500160
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 24 34 23 29 110DAL 28 27 23 24 102
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Amen Thompson scores a season-high 27 points to lead Rockets to fourth straight win
HOUSTON -- — Amen Thompson scored a season-high 27 points, Alperen Sengun added 26 points and 11 rebounds and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Dallas Mavericks for a 110-102 victory on Monday night.
Houston has won four straight after dropping its first two games of the season.
The Rockets led by one when Sengun drove into the lane and spun around a defender before sinking a shot to make it 105-102 with about 90 seconds left. P.J. Washington missed a 3-pointer before Josh Okogie scored his first points of the game with two free throws that pushed the lead to 107-102 with a minute to go.
D’Angelo Russell missed a 3-pointer and Thompson made 1 of 2 free throws to extend it to 108-102 with 27 seconds remaining. Thompson then blocked a 3-point attempt by No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and Tari Eason sealed the win with a dunk.
Washington had season highs of 29 points and 12 rebounds for the Mavericks in their second straight game without Anthony Davis , who is out with a strained calf. Max Christie added 17 points and Flagg had 12 points and five rebounds as Dallas fell to 2-5.
Kevin Durant had 21 points, six rebounds and five assists on a night he shot just 6 of 18 from the floor.
The Rockets were clinging to a one-point lead when Durant made his first 3-pointer of the night after missing his first six. Daniel Gafford made a layup on the other end before Durant hit another 3 to make it 99-94 with five minutes to go.
The Mavericks scored five straight, capped by a three-point play from Washington to tie it at 99-all with four minutes left.
Up next Mavericks: Host New Orleans on Wednesday night.
Rockets: Begin a three-game road trip on Wednesday night in Memphis.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALBW B. Williams
CF C. Flagg
CM C. Martin
DG D. Gafford
DP D. Powell
DR D. Russell
JH J. Hardy
KT K. Thompson
MC M. Christie
MC M. Cisse
NM N. Marshall
PW P. Washington
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CC C. Capela
JO J. Okogie
JT J. Tate
KD K. Durant
RS R. Sheppard
SA S. Adams
TE T. Eason
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