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Durant and Smith each score 30 points to power the Rockets past the Mavericks 128-110 in the opener

— Kevin Durant and Jabari Smith Jr. scored 30 points apiece and the Houston Rockets used a big second quarter to build a huge lead and coast to a 128-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.
Oct 21, 2026, 11:17 pm - AP

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • P.J. Washington makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cooper Flagg assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses driving floating jump shot
  • Max Christie makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 9-foot fade away jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses tip shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Cooper Flagg misses 22-foot jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Daniel Gafford misses layup
  • Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Cooper Flagg makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 5-foot driving dunk
  • P.J. Washington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • P.J. Washington misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cooper Flagg makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Cooper Flagg misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • P.J. Washington makes 9-foot two point shot (Marcus Sasser assists)
  • Fred VanVleet misses two point shot
  • Marcus Sasser makes 23-foot running jump shot (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Zaccharie Risacher misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Zaccharie Risacher misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 1-foot running dunk (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Tari Eason makes two point shot
  • Max Christie misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Zaccharie Risacher misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • P.J. Washington misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • P.J. Washington misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 4-foot driving dunk
  • Max Christie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Reed Sheppard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Naji Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (P.J. Washington assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Max Christie misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • P.J. Washington misses layup
  • Kevin Durant makes 4-foot running dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Naji Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes 1-foot running dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes running layup (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Cooper Flagg misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Max Christie misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Reed Sheppard misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Max Christie misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 13-foot two point shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Zaccharie Risacher misses 24-foot running jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Morez Johnson Jr. makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Naji Marshall misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Morez Johnson Jr. makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • P.J. Washington misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Sergio de Larrea misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Naji Marshall makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Sergio de Larrea assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 3-foot driving dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Morez Johnson Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Morez Johnson Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes 4-foot hook shot
  • P.J. Washington misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes running layup (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Naji Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Max Christie misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Kevin Durant misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naji Marshall misses 26-foot jump bank shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cooper Flagg misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 10-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Cooper Flagg misses 21-foot jumper
  • Fred VanVleet misses heave jump shot
  • Cooper Flagg makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Max Christie assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes 16-foot jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Cooper Flagg makes driving layup
  • Amen Thompson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Cooper Flagg makes 4-foot layup (P.J. Washington assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Max Christie misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Fred VanVleet misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Morez Johnson Jr. misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes running layup (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • P.J. Washington makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)
  • Naji Marshall makes 8-foot running jump shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 13-foot jumper
  • Naji Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses layup
  • Alperen Sengun makes tip shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes running layup
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Morez Johnson Jr. makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses layup
  • Zaccharie Risacher misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 3-foot running dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Naji Marshall misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • P.J. Washington misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 1-foot running dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 2-foot layup (Daniel Gafford assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving makes driving layup
  • Reed Sheppard misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Sasser makes 23-foot running jump shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Cooper Flagg makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 14-foot jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Cooper Flagg makes 9-foot running jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 14-foot fade away jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Reed Sheppard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Sasser makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Cooper Flagg assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes 28-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 5-foot layup (Zaccharie Risacher assists)
  • Cooper Flagg misses technical free throw
  • Cooper Flagg makes technical free throw
  • Cooper Flagg makes technical free throw
  • Reed Sheppard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Marcus Sasser misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses driving layup
  • Cooper Flagg makes running layup
  • Cooper Flagg misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Alperen Sengun misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Cooper Flagg misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Sasser makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zaccharie Risacher assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Sasser makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Marcus Sasser makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
  • Marcus Sasser misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 9-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Daniel Gafford makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Daniel Gafford misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Daniel Gafford misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Daniel Gafford makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Fred VanVleet makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Cooper Flagg makes 13-foot fade away jump shot
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Smart makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Zaccharie Risacher makes 1-foot dunk (Max Christie assists)
  • Zaccharie Risacher makes 2-foot running dunk
  • Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Naji Marshall makes driving layup
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Cooper Flagg makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naji Marshall misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Kevin Durant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses tip shot
  • Fred VanVleet misses driving layup
  • Amen Thompson misses dunk
  • Marcus Sasser makes 25-foot running jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Naji Marshall makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Moussa Cisse makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moussa Cisse misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Bruce Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Moussa Cisse makes alley oop layup (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Isaiah Crawford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
  • Naji Marshall makes 2-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jae'Sean Tate misses two point shot
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