Dallas Mavericks @ Houston Rockets

Preseason

0-2, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mavericks DAL	23	24	22	13	82
Rockets HOU	34	33	24	18	109

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

1-1, 1-0 Home

109

1-1, 1-0 Home

Dallas Mavericks

starters
Charlie VillanuevaC. Villanueva#3
Justin AndersonJ. Anderson#1
Samuel DalembertS. Dalembert#24
Raymond FeltonR. Felton#2
John JenkinsJ. Jenkins#12
bench
Jarrid Jerome FamousJ. Famous#9
Jeremy EvansJ. Evans#21
Brandon AshleyB. Ashley#4
Jamil WilsonJ. Wilson#13
Maurice NdourM. Ndour#10
Zaza PachuliaZ. Pachulia#27
Devin HarrisD. Harris#34
J.J. BareaJ.J. Barea#5
Dirk NowitzkiD. Nowitzki#41
Dwight PowellD. Powell#7
Chandler ParsonsC. Parsons#25
JaVale McGeeJ. McGee#11
Salah MejriS. Mejri#50
Deron WilliamsD. Williams#8
Wesley MatthewsW. Matthews#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	10	4-9	2-5	0-0	6	1	0	0	0	1	5	2	-16
21	7	2-8	0-2	3-5	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	-15
21	6	3-6	0-0	0-1	8	0	2	1	2	2	6	2	-15
21	7	3-8	1-3	0-0	1	6	1	1	0	0	1	3	-15
29	19	6-14	3-9	4-4	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	-21
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	0	0-4	0-0	0-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	-5
16	3	1-4	0-1	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-7
12	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-5
16	5	1-4	1-2	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	-4
26	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	3	-11
15	6	2-5	0-0	2-2	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	-7
15	5	2-4	0-1	1-1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	-7
15	14	5-8	0-1	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	-7
DNP-REST
DNP-LEFT ELBOW
DNP-RIGHT KNEE SURGERY
DNP-LEFT TIBIA STRESS FRACTURE
DNP-FRACTURED LEFT FIBULA
DNP-LEFT CALF STRAIN
DNP-LEFT ACHILLES TENDON
	82	29-81	7-29	17-23	39	15	8	5	6	7	32	21
		36%	24%	74%

Houston Rockets

starters
Sam DekkerS. Dekker#7
Clint CapelaC. Capela#15
Patrick BeverleyP. Beverley#2
Marcus ThorntonM. Thornton#10
James HardenJ. Harden#13
bench
Chris WalkerC. Walker#5
Corey BrewerC. Brewer#33
KJ McDanielsK. McDaniels#32
Jeremy TylerJ. Tyler#50
Joshua SmithJ. Smith#42
Will CummingsW. Cummings#4
Denzel LivingstonD. Livingston#9
Jason TerryJ. Terry#31
Donatas MotiejunasD. Motiejunas#20
Terrence JonesT. Jones#6
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza#1
Dwight HowardD. Howard#12
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#35
Ty LawsonT. Lawson#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	12	5-10	1-4	1-5	4	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	+23
24	12	4-7	0-0	4-5	14	1	2	1	1	3	11	1	+26
23	12	4-9	4-8	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	+23
22	8	3-12	2-4	0-0	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	+20
20	19	6-13	2-7	5-5	6	5	1	1	0	1	5	2	+23
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	+8
18	16	6-11	0-3	4-4	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	+7
26	13	4-9	2-4	3-4	7	5	1	2	2	2	5	5	+4
15	2	1-2	0-0	0-2	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	4	-4
19	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	9	0	2	0	0	4	5	3	-1
16	3	1-5	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	+4
12	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	+5
8	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	-3
DNP-LOW BACK STRAIN
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT THIGH CONTUSION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	109	40-93	12-37	17-25	63	24	12	6	5	18	45	23
		43%	32%	68%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DAL

Season tied

2-2

HOU

110

Game 1@ HOU

Final

Game 2@ DAL

Final

100

104

Game 3@ HOU

Final

115

Game 4@ DAL

Final

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Sean Wright

Referee:Scott Wall

Referee:Lauren Holtkamp

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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