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.

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The Mavericks watched PJ Washington leave in agony following a collision on the court. He never got back in versus the Rockets.

Both the Mavericks and the Rockets started the game with many, many bricks. When Dallas called a timeout down 13-8 at the six-minute mark, the two teams had shot a combined 8-of-26 from the field. Flagg and Durant come out of the stoppage dueling,