Preseason Houston Rockets 72, Dallas Mavericks 69 at Dallas (October 17) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Houston 11 21 20 20 - 72 .391 .333 .373 .572 Dallas 19 18 17 15 - 69 .333 .375 .342 .550 Halftime: Dallas 37-32 3rd Q: Dallas 54-52 Technicals: Houston defensive 3 seconds 11:22 1st, Houston defensive 3 seconds 6:00 1st Refs: Joe DeRosa, Marc Davis, Eli Roe Attendance: 19,948 (sellout) Did not play due to injury: Bob Sura (Hou), Dikembe Mutombo (Hou)k, Juwan Howard (Hou), Bonzi Wells (Hou), Scott Padgett (Hou), Ryan Bowen (Hou), Casey Jacobsen (Hou), Jerry Stackhouse (Dal, rest), Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, rest), Jason Terry (Dal, rest), Devin Harris (Dal, strained hamstring), Erick Dampier (Dal, sore hip), Devean George (Dal, food poisoning) Houston Rockets REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Shane Battier 25 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-4 1 1 0 0 1 Chuck Hayes 25 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 2-4 0 2 3 1 1 Yao Ming 23 3-9 0-0 2-4 8 1-8 0 2 4 1 2 Tracy McGrady 27 4-12 0-2 1-5 9 0-2 1 3 1 2 0 Rafer Alston 28 1-5 0-1 3-4 5 0-5 3 2 1 1 0 Matt Haryasz 9 2-2 0-0 0-2 4 0-5 0 1 1 0 0 Kirk Snyder 22 2-8 0-1 4-6 8 3-4 0 2 1 1 2 Steve Novak 23 5-10 2-7 0-0 12 2-7 1 2 3 0 0 Luther Head 24 4-10 3-5 2-2 13 0-0 3 1 0 0 1 Kelenna Azubuike 14 1-4 1-2 2-2 5 1-2 0 0 1 1 0 John Lucas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Vasileios Spanoulis 20 2-4 1-2 1-2 6 0-4 4 2 0 1 0 Totals 48 25-67 7-21 15-29 72 9-45 13 20 15 8 7 Dallas Mavericks REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Josh Howard 19 8-13 4-5 2-4 22 0-8 1 0 0 1 0 Austin Croshere 27 2-8 0-2 2-2 6 1-4 3 1 2 3 0 DeSagana Diop 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1-2 0 1 3 0 2 Maurice Ager 39 5-17 1-2 1-4 12 0-3 3 3 1 0 0 Anthony Johnson 25 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 0-3 2 4 2 0 0 DJ Mbenga 26 4-10 0-0 0-0 8 3-8 0 1 3 2 3 Greg Buckner 17 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 0-2 0 0 4 0 1 Ndudi Ebi 22 2-6 0-1 3-4 7 3-6 1 3 4 1 3 J.J. Barea 12 1-4 1-3 1-2 4 0-0 2 2 2 0 0 Darius Washington 19 1-6 0-1 1-2 3 1-3 1 2 2 1 0 Pops Mensah-Bonsu 12 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 2-5 1 1 1 0 0 Totals 48 26-76 6-16 11-20 69 11-44 14 19 24 8 9