Game ID: 22500160
Dallas Mavericks @ Houston Rockets
Monday, November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 24 34 23 29 110DAL 28 27 23 24 102
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Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
HOU availability going into 10/24 · 2 days' rest
full strength
HOU availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' restOUT Finney-Smith missed 2 since 10/21, out tonight
OUT Holiday missed 2 since 10/21, returns tonight: 7 min (53% of 14)
HOU availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Finney-Smith missed 3 since 10/21, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 10/27 after 2, 7 min since (53% of 14)
NEW Sengun 34 to 39 min over the last 3
NEW Okogie 17 to 23 min over the last 3
HOU availability going into 11/01 · 2 days' restOUT Finney-Smith missed 4 since 10/21, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 10/27 after 2, 7 min since (53% of 14)
NEW Okogie 17 to 23 min over the last 4
HOU availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restOUT Finney-Smith missed 5 since 10/21, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 10/27 after 2, 7 min since (54% of 14)
NEW Okogie 17 to 23 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 11/05 · 1 day's restOUT Finney-Smith missed 6 since 10/21, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 10/27 after 2, 8 min since (60% of 14)
NEW Okogie 17 to 23 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 11/07 · 1 day's restOUT Finney-Smith missed 7 since 10/21, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 10/27 after 2, 7 min since (49% of 14)
NEW Okogie 17 to 25 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 11/09 · 1 day's restOUT Finney-Smith missed 8 since 10/21, out tonight
NEW Okogie 17 to 23 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 11/12 · 2 days' restOUT Finney-Smith missed 9 since 10/21, out tonight
OUT Holiday missed 2 since 11/07, returns tonight: 3 min (25% of 14)
DAL availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's rest
full strength
DAL availability going into 10/27 · back-to-back
full strength
DAL availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Williams missed 2 since 10/26, returns tonight: 22 min (100% of 22)
OUT Cisse missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
DAL availability going into 11/01
OUT Nembhard missed 2 since 10/27, tonight's box is missing
OUT Lively II missed 2 since 10/27, tonight's box is missing
OUT Cisse missed 3 since 10/26, tonight's box is missing
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 22 min since (100% of 22)
DAL availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restOUT Nembhard missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Lively II missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Cisse missed 3 since 10/26, returns tonight: 14 min (100% of 14)
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 22 min since (100% of 22)
DAL availability going into 11/05 · 1 day's restOUT Nembhard missed 3 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Lively II missed 3 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 15 min since (69% of 22)
BACK Cisse back 11/03 after 3, 14 min since (100% of 14)
NEW Russell 19 to 27 min over the last 4
DAL availability going into 11/07 · 1 day's restOUT Davis missed 2 since 11/03, out tonight
OUT Nembhard missed 4 since 10/27, returns tonight: 10 min (49% of 20)
OUT Lively II missed 4 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 16 min since (74% of 22)
BACK Cisse back 11/03 after 3, 9 min since (63% of 14)
NEW Russell 19 to 25 min over the last 4
DAL availability going into 11/08 · back-to-backOUT Davis missed 3 since 11/03, out tonight
OUT Lively II missed 5 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 18 min since (80% of 22)
BACK Nembhard back 11/07 after 4, 10 min since (49% of 20)
BACK Cisse back 11/03 after 3, 11 min since (76% of 14)
DAL availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Davis missed 4 since 11/03, out tonight
OUT Lively II missed 6 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Nembhard back 11/07 after 4, 9 min since (45% of 20)
BACK Cisse back 11/03 after 3, 13 min since (91% of 14)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 128 a night and allowing 114, shooting 50 percent and 45 from three, 35 free throws a game; Durant at 27 and Sengun at 22 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 12 a night. Without Finney-Smith (5 straight). One day's rest. Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 115, shooting 45 percent and 32 from three, 30 free throws a game; Davis at 21 and Washington at 15 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Nembhard (2 straight), Lively II (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Houston has been plus-12 a night and Dallas minus-6 and the arc, Houston at 45 percent from three to Dallas's 32. Call it Houston 123, Dallas 110, Houston by 13.
10/24 vs DET 111-115 — HOU notes
HOU lost 111-115. HOU shot 39% (32 of 83) to DET's 47%, 10 of 22 from three, and went to the line 48 times to DET's 23 — 37 points from the stripe to their 15. Durant led with 37 (9 of 18, 3 of 3 from three, 16 of 18 at the line); Sengun added 17, Smith Jr. 11. Q3 was theirs, 30-24, the deficit cut from 7 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 91-81 against them. Sheppard's -13 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/27 vs BKN 137-109 — HOU notes
HOU won 137-109. HOU shot 58% (49 of 85) to BKN's 48%, 16 of 32 from three, and went to the line 26 times to BKN's 18 — 23 points from the stripe to their 12. Eason led with 22 (8 of 12, 5 of 7 from three); Sengun added 21, Durant 19. The hinge was Q1, 42-25: from level to 17 ahead, and the lead reached 33. Thompson was the night's best plus/minus at +33.
10/29 @ TOR 139-121 — HOU notes
HOU won 139-121. HOU shot 57% (50 of 87) to TOR's 51%, 13 of 30 from three, and went to the line 34 times to TOR's 19 — 26 points from the stripe to their 14. HOU turned it over 15 times to TOR's 10. The glass went 53-22 for them. Durant led with 31 (11 of 19, 4 of 8 from three, 5 of 8 at the line); Smith Jr. added 25, Thompson 18. The hinge was Q1, 39-30: from level to 9 ahead, and the lead reached 21. Sengun was the night's best plus/minus at +24.
11/01 @ BOS 128-101 — HOU notes
HOU won 128-101. HOU shot 55% (42 of 77) to BOS's 39%, 19 of 29 from three, and went to the line 35 times to BOS's 7 — 25 points from the stripe to their 7. HOU turned it over 18 times to BOS's 10, and BOS turned those into 9 steals. The glass went 53-36 for them. Durant led with 26 (8 of 11, 2 of 3 from three, 8 of 9 at the line); Thompson added 17, Sengun 16. The hinge was Q1, 37-24: from level to 13 ahead, and the lead reached 36. Thompson was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
11/03 vs DAL 110-102 — HOU notes
HOU won 110-102. HOU shot 46% (41 of 89) to DAL's 45%, 8 of 29 from three, and went to the line 30 times to DAL's 20 — 20 points from the stripe to their 13. The glass went 54-40 for them. A. Thompson led with 27 (11 of 18, 1 of 3 from three, 4 of 7 at the line); Sengun added 26, Durant 21. The hinge was Q2, 34-27: HOU came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 3. Sengun was the night's best plus/minus at +9.
11/05 @ MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Memphis comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 118, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 21 free throws a game; Morant at 19 and Jackson Jr. at 18 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Jackson (5 straight). One day's rest. Houston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 110, shooting 51 percent and 46 from three, 35 free throws a game; Durant at 27 and Sengun at 20 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 12 a night. Without Finney-Smith (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 46 percent from three to Memphis's 33 and the glass, where Houston has been plus-12 a night and Memphis plus-0. Call it Houston 121, Memphis 113.
11/07 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 112, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 32 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 22 and Castle at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 9 a night. Without Kornet (5 straight). One day's rest. Houston comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 128 a night and allowing 108, shooting 52 percent and 46 from three, 29 free throws a game; Durant at 22 and Thompson at 20 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 14 a night. Without Finney-Smith (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 46 percent from three to San Antonio's 37 and the glass, where Houston has been plus-14 a night and San Antonio plus-9. Call it Houston 117, San Antonio 115, San Antonio keeping it close.
11/09 @ MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 120, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 21 free throws a game; Gia. Antetokounmpo at 30 and Rollins at 18 a game. Without Porter Jr. (8 straight), Nance (7 straight). One day's rest. Houston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 111, shooting 50 percent and 46 from three, 28 free throws a game; Durant at 23 and Sengun at 21 a game. It has won the glass by 14 a night. Without Finney-Smith (8 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Houston has been plus-14 a night and Milwaukee minus-3 and the turnovers, Houston giving it away 17 times a game to Milwaukee's 13. Call it Houston 120, Milwaukee 117, Milwaukee keeping it close.
11/12 vs WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 110, shooting 49 percent and 45 from three, 25 free throws a game; Durant at 23 and Sengun at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 12 a night. Without Finney-Smith (9 straight). 2 days' rest. Washington comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 130, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 24 free throws a game; Sarr at 20 and McCollum at 20 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Coulibaly (3 straight), Riley (2 straight), Gill (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Houston has been plus-12 a night and Washington minus-8 and the defense, Houston allowing 110 a night to Washington's 130. Call it Houston 126, Washington 112, Houston by 14.
10/26 vs TOR 139-129 — DAL notes
DAL won 139-129. DAL shot 59% (50 of 85) to TOR's 49%, 10 of 26 from three, and went to the line 39 times to TOR's 24 — 29 points from the stripe to their 18. DAL turned it over 20 times to TOR's 14, and TOR turned those into 10 steals. Davis led with 25 (11 of 14, 3 of 8 at the line); Russell added 24, Flagg 22. The hinge was Q3, 39-25: DAL came in trailing by 2 and left it ahead by 12, and the lead reached 16. DAL trailed 64-66 at the half and won the second half 75-63. Russell was the night's best plus/minus at +26.
10/27 vs OKC 94-101 — DAL notes
DAL lost 94-101. DAL shot 38% (33 of 87) to OKC's 47%, 12 of 39 from three, and went to the line 22 times to OKC's 13 — 16 points from the stripe to their 11. DAL turned it over 8 times to OKC's 13. The glass went 36-55 against them. Davis led with 26 (10 of 16); Washington added 15, Christie 14. Q4 was theirs, 25-14, the deficit cut from 18 to 7, but the other 3 periods went 87-69 against them. Flagg's -20 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/29 vs IND 107-105 — DAL notes
DAL won 107-105. DAL shot 46% (36 of 79) to IND's 35%, 5 of 24 from three, and went to the line 37 times to IND's 28 — 30 points from the stripe to their 18. DAL turned it over 19 times to IND's 12, and IND turned those into 8 steals. Williams led with 20 (9 of 14); Powell added 18, Flagg 15. The hinge was Q3, 29-19: DAL came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 7. DAL trailed 52-55 at the half and won the second half 55-50.
11/03 @ HOU 102-110 — DAL notes
DAL lost 102-110. DAL shot 45% (40 of 89) to HOU's 46%, 9 of 36 from three, and got to the line 20 times to HOU's 30. The glass went 40-54 against them. Washington led with 29 (11 of 20, 1 of 5 from three, 6 of 10 at the line); Christie added 17, Gafford 14. Q1 was theirs, 28-24, but the other 3 periods went 86-74 against them. Williams's -11 in 8 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/05 vs NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 112, shooting 46 percent and 29 from three, 29 free throws a game; Davis at 20 and Washington at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Nembhard (3 straight), Lively II (3 straight). One day's rest. New Orleans comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 124, shooting 42 percent and 36 from three, 27 free throws a game; Williamson at 20 and Poole at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Jordan (3 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Dallas wins, and the game turns on the defense, Dallas allowing 112 a night to New Orleans's 124 and the arc, New Orleans at 36 percent from three to Dallas's 29. Call it Dallas 118, New Orleans 108, Dallas by 10.
11/07 @ MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Memphis comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 117, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 22 free throws a game; Morant at 18 and Jackson Jr. at 17 a game. That is 4 straight losses. One day's rest. Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 109, shooting 46 percent and 29 from three, 28 free throws a game; Davis at 18 and Washington at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Davis (2 straight), Nembhard (4 straight), Lively II (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Memphis wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Memphis has been minus-1 a night and Dallas minus-9 and the defense, Dallas allowing 109 a night to Memphis's 117. Call it Memphis 113, Dallas 111, Dallas keeping it close.
11/08 @ WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Washington comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 131, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Sarr at 19 and George at 13 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Cooper (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Dallas comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 101 a night and allowing 107, shooting 44 percent and 27 from three, 23 free throws a game; Washington at 16 and Christie at 14 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 10 a night. Without Davis (3 straight), Lively II (5 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Dallas wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Dallas allowing 107 a night to Washington's 131 and the arc, Washington at 37 percent from three to Dallas's 27. Call it Dallas 115, Washington 111, Washington keeping it close.
11/10 vs MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 108, shooting 45 percent and 26 from three, 25 free throws a game; Washington at 16 and Flagg at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Davis (4 straight), Lively II (6 straight). One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 122, shooting 50 percent and 41 from three, 23 free throws a game; Gia. Antetokounmpo at 32 and Kuzma at 15 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Porter Jr. (9 straight), Prince (2 straight), Nance (8 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Dallas wins, and the game turns on the arc, Milwaukee at 41 percent from three to Dallas's 26 and the defense, Dallas allowing 108 a night to Milwaukee's 122. Call it Dallas 115, Milwaukee 112, Milwaukee keeping it close.
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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
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.