Dallas Mavericks @ Houston Rockets
WESTERN CONFERENCE 1ST ROUND - GAME 2 • HOU leads series 2-0
50-32, 23-18 Away
99
50-32, 23-18 Away
56-26, 30-11 Home
111
56-26, 30-11 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
37% (33-89)
Field Goal %
44% (39-88)
27% (6-22)
Three Point %
30% (6-20)
96% (27-28)
Free Throw %
77% (27-35)
10
Turnovers
12
53
Rebounds
61
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Ed Malloy
Referee:Ken Mauer
Referee:David Jones
Game Flow
--DAL
--HOU
Shot Chart
- Rajon Rondo misses jumper
- James Harden makes 19-foot jumper
- Monta Ellis misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Terrence Jones misses 3-foot Running Jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 4-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Monta Ellis makes 6-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard misses 6-foot running hook shot
- Rajon Rondo makes 8-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses 5-foot Running Jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
- Terrence Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Terrence Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jason Terry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dwight Howard assists)
- Richard Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Dwight Howard misses layup
- Richard Jefferson makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
- James Harden makes 5-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
- Terrence Jones misses layup
- James Harden makes two point shot (Jason Terry assists)
- Monta Ellis makes 6-foot two point shot (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- Josh Smith misses 4-foot two point shot
- Dirk Nowitzki makes jumper (J.J. Barea assists)
- Josh Smith makes two point shot
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 9-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Monta Ellis misses two point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses jumper
- Clint Capela makes layup (James Harden assists)
- J.J. Barea misses two point jumper
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monta Ellis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Josh Smith misses layup
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes free throw 1 of 2
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Smith misses Running Jumper
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis misses 22-foot jumper
- Josh Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Charlie Villanueva misses two point shot
- Amar'e Stoudemire makes layup (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Amar'e Stoudemire makes free throw 1 of 1
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.J. Barea makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.J. Barea makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis misses 49-foot three point running jumper
- Dwight Howard misses 5-foot hook shot
- Raymond Felton makes 22-foot two point shot
- Corey Brewer makes 8-foot two point shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes driving layup
- J.J. Barea misses three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 13-foot two point shot (Pablo Prigioni assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 11-foot jumper
- Raymond Felton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Raymond Felton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes technical free throw
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Raymond Felton misses 8-foot Running Jumper
- Corey Brewer misses 13-foot jumper
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes layup
- Pablo Prigioni makes two point shot
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Pablo Prigioni assists)
- Raymond Felton makes driving layup
- Pablo Prigioni misses 26-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Barea makes driving layup
- Terrence Jones misses 14-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard makes 1-foot two point shot
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 14-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Raymond Felton misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Charlie Villanueva misses three point jumper
- Charlie Villanueva makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Clint Capela misses two point shot
- Monta Ellis makes two point shot
- Terrence Jones makes layup (Clint Capela assists)
- Richard Jefferson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tyson Chandler misses layup
- Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jason Terry makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Richard Jefferson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
- Clint Capela misses dunk
- Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
- Monta Ellis misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela makes dunk (Jason Terry assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.J. Barea makes driving layup
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Terrence Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terrence Jones misses layup
- J.J. Barea misses 48-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Richard Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Monta Ellis makes two point shot (J.J. Barea assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 18-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 13-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 1
- Dirk Nowitzki makes 6-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Barea misses 11-foot Running Jumper
- James Harden misses 14-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Richard Jefferson misses layup
- Tyson Chandler misses dunk
- J.J. Barea makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Josh Smith makes 5-foot two point shot
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 18-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 23-foot two point jumper
- Josh Smith makes dunk
- Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis misses 22-foot two point jumper
- Josh Smith makes layup (Corey Brewer assists)
- Josh Smith misses free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Corey Brewer misses tip shot
- Monta Ellis makes layup (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- J.J. Barea makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jason Terry makes 10-foot jumper
- Jason Terry misses free throw 1 of 1
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monta Ellis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 2
- Clint Capela makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monta Ellis misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- J.J. Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes 25-foot (Amar'e Stoudemire assists)
- Josh Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Josh Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Monta Ellis misses 20-foot two point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses layup
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 17-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer misses three point jumper
- Raymond Felton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Amar'e Stoudemire makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
- Corey Brewer makes three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
- Monta Ellis misses jumper
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 3-foot two point shot
- Monta Ellis makes 30-foot three pointer (Raymond Felton assists)
- Monta Ellis makes 13-foot two point shot
- Pablo Prigioni misses two point shot
- Amar'e Stoudemire makes 6-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Monta Ellis misses 20-foot two point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes layup (Dwight Howard assists)
- Raymond Felton misses 22-foot two point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 11-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 13-foot two point shot
- Josh Smith makes driving layup (Pablo Prigioni assists)
- J.J. Barea makes 11-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Dirk Nowitzki misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Monta Ellis misses 2-foot two point shot
- J.J. Barea misses 19-foot two point jumper
- Pablo Prigioni makes 18-foot two point shot
- Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Barea misses layup
- Monta Ellis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Barea misses 11-foot Running Jumper
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot
- Pablo Prigioni makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Raymond Felton misses layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tyson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Raymond Felton makes 12-foot two point shot
- Raymond Felton makes free throw 1 of 1
- Josh Smith makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Monta Ellis misses two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Powell misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Raymond Felton misses driving layup
- James Harden misses step back jumpshot
- Charlie Villanueva makes 26-foot three point jumper (Raymond Felton assists)
- Pablo Prigioni misses 19-foot jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 36 | 16 | .692 | - | W4 |
| Houston | 32 | 19 | .627 | 3.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 20 | 31 | .392 | 15.5 | L2 |
| Dallas | 19 | 33 | .365 | 17 | L7 |
| New Orleans | 14 | 40 | .259 | 23 | W1 |
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