Dallas Mavericks 107, Houston Rockets 111 — Recap

January 31, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 107, Houston Rockets 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 28-31 HOU; Q2 DAL 23-28 HOU; Q3 DAL 31-28 HOU; Q4 DAL 25-24 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Cooper Flagg (DAL) 34 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists on 7-of-15 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Daniel Gafford (DAL) 16 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Cooper Flagg

34 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 13-25 FG

Scoring · HOU

Amen Thompson

21 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST · 7-15 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

19 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Cooper Flagg · Season-high 12 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DAL 2 largest lead Q1 11:19 (DAL 2, HOU 0) · 6-0 run, Q1 5:22–Q1 5:00

HOU 13 largest lead Q3 6:27 (DAL 64, HOU 77) · 9-0 run, Q1 6:54–Q1 5:52

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Q4 0:28, DAL 107, HOU 109).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	28	23	31	25		107
HOU	31	28	28	24		111

🧮 How They Scored

DALHOU

58Points in the paint62

9Fast-break points17

25Second-chance points17

6Points off turnovers11

29Bench points27

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%46.3%

9.6%Turnover %4.2%

23.9%Offensive rebound %32.7%

0.283Free-throw rate0.139

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg F	39	34	12	5	0	1	2	13-25	1-4	7-10	+2
Max Christie G	32	11	2	1	0	1	2	4-11	3-4	0-0	-7
Naji Marshall F	32	8	8	2	0	0	0	3-11	0-1	2-6	-18
Daniel Gafford F	28	16	11	1	0	0	0	7-10	0-0	2-2	+1
Klay Thompson G	28	9	2	0	0	0	2	3-9	3-7	0-0	+7
P.J. Washington F	25	9	4	1	1	0	3	4-9	0-1	1-3	-12
Caleb Martin F	17	4	4	5	2	0	0	1-4	1-1	1-2	+7
Moussa Cisse C	13	3	1	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	1-2	+7
Ryan Nembhard G	11	0	1	3	0	1	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	+2
Brandon Williams G	9	13	0	0	0	0	1	5-7	2-3	1-1	+3
Dwight Powell F-C	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-12

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	41	21	8	9	2	0	0	7-15	0-0	7-9	+15
Kevin Durant F	38	13	5	8	2	0	1	6-17	1-4	0-0	+1
Alperen Sengun F-C	35	14	14	7	0	0	2	6-20	0-0	2-4	-3
Jabari Smith Jr. F	33	19	8	2	0	3	0	7-13	3-5	2-2	+12
Tari Eason F	32	17	7	3	2	0	1	7-15	3-5	0-0	+5
Josh Okogie G	21	13	5	1	1	1	0	5-11	3-6	0-0	+1
Reed Sheppard G	17	6	1	1	2	1	1	3-8	0-4	0-0	-4
Clint Capela C	13	6	4	1	1	0	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	+5
Dorian Finney-Smith F	10	2	1	1	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-12

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cooper Flagg	Starter	39	34	57.8	33.0	+1.1	20.8
Daniel Gafford	Starter	28	16	73.5	15.3	+5.1	20.4
Max Christie	Starter	32	11	50.0	16.7	-8.8	3.2
P.J. Washington	Starter	25	9	43.6	20.3	-24.5	1.8
Naji Marshall	Starter	32	8	29.3	17.7	-25.5	4.0
Brandon Williams	Bench	09	13	87.4	33.3	+16.7	17.3
Klay Thompson	Bench	28	9	50.0	16.9	+13.7	1.3
Caleb Martin	Bench	17	4	41.0	12.8	+17.9	15.2
Moussa Cisse	Bench	13	3	79.8	6.9	+31.1	4.1
Dwight Powell	Bench	06	0	0.0	6.7	-75.7	0.0
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaden Hardy	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ryan Nembhard	Bench	11	0	0.0	18.5	+8.0	-1.7

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Amen Thompson	Starter	41	21	55.4	17.1	+16.5	16.8
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	33	19	68.4	15.6	+15.4	18.3
Tari Eason	Starter	32	17	56.7	19.3	+9.6	10.4
Alperen Sengun	Starter	35	14	32.2	26.4	-2.5	6.5
Kevin Durant	Starter	38	13	38.2	18.4	+1.3	8.1
Josh Okogie	Bench	21	13	59.1	19.3	+6.7	12.3
Clint Capela	Bench	13	6	50.0	19.4	+15.2	20.3
Reed Sheppard	Bench	17	6	37.5	20.0	-16.1	2.3
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	10	2	33.3	13.6	-46.4	4.2
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0