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Three takeaways from Houston’s win over Dallas.
HOUSTON (AP) — Amen Thompson had 21 points, nine assists and eight rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to a 111-107 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. An alley-oop dunk by Thompson put Houston up four with under two minutes left before the Mavericks scored the next four points,
BOTTOM LINE: Dallas faces the Houston Rockets after Cooper Flagg scored 49 points in the Mavericks’ 123-121 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. The Rockets are 5-5 against division opponents. Houston is 11-3 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 14.4 turnovers per game.
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Kevin Durant had missed the Rockets' win over Indiana with an ankle injury suffered over the weekend.
Rockets vs. Mavericks live score, updates, highlights from Saturday Night Basketball originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Houston Rockets host the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night at Toyota Center, meeting for the fourth and final time this season.
Dallas dropped a tight 111-107 road game to Houston as P.J. Washington left with a head contusion and Cooper Flagg’s 34-point effort wasn’t enough to overcome the late Rockets surge.