NBA Final Intelligence
Houston Rockets 104, Dallas Mavericks 110 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 104, Dallas Mavericks 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 31-25 DAL; Q2 HOU 19-32 DAL; Q3 HOU 25-30 DAL; Q4 HOU 29-23 DAL.
Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 34 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-26 shooting; Anthony Davis (DAL) 26 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-15 shooting; Max Christie (DAL) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-13 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 20 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-18 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.
Standouts
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
📊 Game Flow
Ahead for good: Brandon Williams makes driving layup (Q3 6:09, HOU 65, DAL 67).
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 31 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 104 | |
| DAL | 25 | 32 | 30 | 23 | 110 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amen Thompson G-F | 39 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8-18 | 0-3 | 4-4 | +1 |
| Kevin Durant F | 38 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14-26 | 2-7 | 4-5 | +15 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. F | 37 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-13 | 1-7 | 2-2 | -11 |
| Tari Eason F | 34 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7-17 | 3-6 | 2-2 | +10 |
| Clint Capela C | 27 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -1 |
| Reed Sheppard G | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -24 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith F | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Aaron Holiday G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Jae'Sean Tate F | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -10 |
| Josh Okogie G | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Alperen Sengun F-C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Dallas Mavericks
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis F-C | 39 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9-15 | 0-2 | 8-9 | -4 |
| Max Christie G | 35 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10-13 | 4-6 | 0-0 | +6 |
| Cooper Flagg F | 35 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-12 | 0-2 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Naji Marshall F | 33 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | +4 |
| Brandon Williams G | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-1 | +9 |
| Klay Thompson G | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 1-1 | +11 |
| Daniel Gafford F | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -3 |
| Ryan Nembhard G | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +10 |
| P.J. Washington F | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 |
| Caleb Martin F | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | Starter | 38 | 34 | 60.3 | 31.6 | +21.5 | 16.4 |
| Amen Thompson | Starter | 39 | 20 | 50.6 | 20.6 | +3.4 | 13.4 |
| Tari Eason | Starter | 34 | 19 | 53.1 | 22.5 | +16.1 | 12.4 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | Starter | 37 | 7 | 25.2 | 14.6 | -10.1 | 3.4 |
| Alperen Sengun | Starter | 01 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Clint Capela | Bench | 27 | 8 | 45.0 | 14.7 | -1.8 | 10.2 |
| Reed Sheppard | Bench | 22 | 8 | 40.0 | 21.6 | -45.2 | 0.9 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | Bench | 16 | 3 | 50.0 | 10.3 | -6.1 | 5.2 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | Bench | 06 | 3 | 75.0 | 13.3 | -83.3 | 14.6 |
| Josh Okogie | Bench | 06 | 2 | 33.3 | 21.4 | -38.5 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Green | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Holiday | Bench | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | -10.5 | -8.9 |
| JD Davison | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | Starter | 39 | 26 | 68.6 | 25.8 | -8.7 | 16.5 |
| Max Christie | Starter | 35 | 24 | 92.3 | 17.5 | +3.9 | 20.6 |
| Cooper Flagg | Starter | 35 | 10 | 36.3 | 21.9 | +7.0 | 8.1 |
| Daniel Gafford | Starter | 19 | 9 | 76.5 | 17.5 | -7.5 | 20.1 |
| P.J. Washington | Starter | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | -23.1 | 0.9 |
| Brandon Williams | Bench | 25 | 15 | 71.8 | 21.3 | +10.4 | 11.5 |
| Naji Marshall | Bench | 33 | 10 | 43.7 | 15.4 | +2.5 | 4.2 |
| Klay Thompson | Bench | 22 | 9 | 53.3 | 16.7 | +18.6 | 7.7 |
| Ryan Nembhard | Bench | 13 | 5 | 83.3 | 14.3 | +35.7 | 9.4 |
| Caleb Martin | Bench | 07 | 2 | 50.0 | 13.3 | +0.5 | 0.0 |
| Dwight Powell | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 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 |
⚔️ Season Series & What's Next
- HOU 109@DAL 122 Recap
- DAL 102@HOU 110 Recap
- DAL 96@HOU 133 Recap
- HOU 105@DAL 116 Recap
- DAL 99@HOU 110 Recap
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