Houston Rockets are losing sixth contiguous games with defeat to Dallas Mavericks in All-Star Anthony Davis’ debut

Dallas, Texas (KTRK) – Houston Rockets is now running on a six-match’s losing row after the team’s 116-105 loss to Dallas Mavericks on Saturday afternoon.

As for Houston’s Matchup with Dallas, it marked the third meeting between Lone Star State rivals in the regular season 2024-25. Rockets played without their floor general, Fred Vanvleet, who has been dealing with an ankle injury since rolling his right ankle against Brooklyn Nets on February 1st.

Not to mention, Rockets vs. The Mavs game is the first home game for Dallas since Blockbuster -handel on February 2nd that sent Mavericks -Franchise -Corner Luka Doncic to Los Angeles Lakers, who sent shock waves through the league.

It was a highly expected debut for Anthony Davis in his new threads. The 10th time NBA All-Star made its presence feel immediately with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in 6-for-8 in field target attempts in the first quarter.

At the break, Mavs led 65-48 over the rockets. Houston shot 33% from three-point soil, while Dallas shot 54% over the arch in the first half. As for Houston’s Backcourt, Jalen Green noted 16 points and shot 60% in FG Made, while Amen Thompson registered 11 points as Houston pulled with 17 against Dallas at the end of the second quarter. As for Dallas, the road led by 24 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half. However, Mavs was bitten by the damage to the injury as starting PJ Washington was excluded for the rest of the game with a right ankle sprain.

To start the third quarter, Rocket’s main coach Ime Udoka decided to change things with a lineup adjustment of the starting center Steven Adams next to the All-Star Alperen Sengun. Adams ended with 12 rebounds, while Sengun fell 20 of his 25 points in the second half.

During the third quarter, Mavericks’ Davis went to the dressing room after maintaining an lower body injury. The 31-year-old ended the game with a double-double, recorded 26 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists. In addition, Davis had just returned from an abdominal injury.

For Rockets, the team tried to narrow Mavs’ lead in the second half and struggled to cut the lead to 104-100 with two minutes left in the fourth quarter. Houston shot the ball poorly with 31% from three-point territory. Rockets’ young trio by Sengun, A. Thompson and Jalen Green combined a total of 74 points in Saturday’s loss to Dallas.

With regard to Mavericks, except for Davis’ dominant debut, stars Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson both 13 points, but their bench contributed in the scoring column with newly acquired guard Max Christies 23 points next to Naji Marshalls 16 points and Spencer Dinwiddies 10 points .

Saturday’s Rockets vs. Mavs game was also the first home game for Dallas without Dirk Nowitzki or Luka Doncic on the list since 1998.

Rockets are currently sitting at No. 4 seeds in the loaded western conference. Houston seems to snap their six-game when the team hosts Toronto Raptors on Sunday at the Toyota Center.